Today, there was a display held in St Mary’s Church in Alverstoke, of Christmas trees that had been put together by various parts of the community. There more than 70 trees on show from groups as varied as infant schools and estate agents.
It was quite a delight wandering around the church, admiring all the different trees and how, in a lot of cases, the baubles on the tree (many, perhaps mostly, handmade reflected the function of the organisation. One that made me chuckle was The Shed, which had a rotating shed instead of a fairy.
We had a good wander around, and then afterwards, we headed over to the community centre for a piece of cake and a cup of tea. I had lemon cake with cream in the middle. I was quite a large piece, and was very nice indeed.
I know timing-wise it’s out of order, but I wanted to do the Christmas tree bit first. In the morning, I had an Amazon return to complete, so I had to go into town for the post office.
After doing what I needed at the Post Office, I headed toward the waterfront. I did pause and look in a couple of shops, but didn’t buy anything.
At the waterfront, my attention was drawn to the fountain in the middle of The Falklands Park;
The fountain is in a bit of a sorry state; It hasn’t worked for at least 18 months, possibly quite a bit longer. That has come to the attention of the Town Council (well, it probably had, but they had not managed to do anything about it.
I think their attention has now been captured well and truly.
I was reading the agenda pack of the upcoming Council Meeting, which I won’t be able to go to, but I am quite happy to read about what they will be discussing, and the fountain is one of the topics.
A variety of options are under discussion, from re-engineering the fountain – apparently, one reason why it failed was that it couldn’t cope with the wind. Another option is to do away with the fountain and turn it into a raised flower bed.
If I were to be honest, the council’s gardeners are pretty good (ok, excellent) at their flower beds and consistently make them look lovely. So, turning the fountain into a flower bed would be fine with me.
I didn’t take any pictures of the bus station. No change. I think they are waiting for reports on things like drainage and soil quality. I’m sure they will come along soon
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