On a more cheerful note I thought I must talk about the place I live. Sheppey and Sittingbourne in Kent is considered by some as an area of outstanding mediocraty. Recently I took a stroll around Sittingbourne which is not the most attractive of towns I have to admit and I was pleasantly surprised at what I found. I was taking photo's to put on our local writer's group website to show a little of the area's more attractive parts - an exercise to cheer people up who live there.
The result was a Spring showing that even in the middle of town was pleasant. Nice pubs and a cheerful looking street and some wonderful displays of daffodils and magnolias; the latter in gardens and the former also in gardens but as additions to public spaces including roadside berms, cemetaries, church yards and our local sports fields.
Sittingbourne can be a treat in spring.
