There's a storm coming.

 

There's a storm coming

Over the marsh from the sea

There's a change coming

It's  coming for you and me.

There's a storm coming

Lightning with rolling thunder

There's a change coming 

Tearing air and lives asunder.

There's a storm coming 

Stock the pantry store

There's a change coming

Close and lock the door.

There's a storm coming

Be measured and prepared

There's a change coming 

Be counted in those who cared

There's a change coming

It's coming for you and me

There's a storm coming

Over the marsh and next the sea.

There's a storm coming!

George Roberts - August Bank Holiday Weekend 2026

Dolly RIP.

 

Sad to hear of the death of this remarkable woman. 

In every area of life she performed effectively and above and beyond the rest of us.

She was extremely talented, intelligent, kind and compassionate.  Above all else she was a decent human being, who used her skills and earned wealth to help those and particularly children in need.

What an incredible life and legacy!

The scale of Damien Hirst in the Morning

 

Love a bit of sculpture in the landscape love a bit of Hirst!

A tree on edge.

 

There's a tree on the edge

Ledged 

Between land and sky

Legend

Erect between near and far

Poised

Perched with potential to topple 

Down

Silent  in the grip of deep time

Wedged

A feature in the landscape

Contemporary 

Planted by accident or purpose

Seeded

A marker of short seasons

Perennial 

George Roberts August 2026.

Matlock Railway Station

 

In current times and small communities, it is so very easy to lose perspective and go off track!

"Mind the gap"

"Nowt messed about wi'"

 

" The 25th highest tower in the world and one foot higher than the Eiffel Tower and it's in 'God's own Country ' Yorkshire. From its top you can see the 'sophistication' rising like a cultural heat haze over Leeds. When I were a lad we would come oop here and stuff our faces with Hovis and 'cow heel'. Ah those were the days when; you could enjoy indigestion, call anyone from south of Sheffield French and regard women as unrecognisable outside the kitchen or when vertical " 

Thirty percent of the population admires nice views!🫣🤣 I also know how to spell 'sarcasm'. I should have been a politician and then I could have been sponsored in my immoderate behaviour and language.😱

Sunrise and sunset

 

I am feeling more cheerful this morning and decided to give the doom scrolling 'poetry' at least one day off.

"You cannot teach an old doggerel new tricks" East Anglian traditional homily.

It rained last night but the sun rose in the sky this morning and everything is a little greener and fresher for it all. 

I guess the sun didn't rise but instead the Earth rotated about its axis and through the wonder of relativity and Einstein's 'Frames of Reference', it appears to rise in the East and set in the West.

I can also spell 'pedantic'🤣