Go Ahead Village and a Cold Front

If there is a more active village in the country than Hethersett I would like to hear about it.

Tonight we had a meeting of the village Olympic Committee which over the past few years has organised a host of events over a summer weekend. This year the Open Weekend will be from June 22nd to 24th and will feature numerous events that include a flower festival in the parish church, a brass band concert, a songs of praise service, an inter denominational church service in Hethersett Social Club, a 24 hour swimming marathon in aid of the Big C Charity appeal, the third annual Hethersett's Got Talent competition, a sport in the park day featuring more than 20 Olympic sports that can be tried for free, a major ladies five a side football tournament and a run the square two mile fun run.

This year the village will also be holding an Old Style fete on June 3rd to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and those are just a handful of the events being held in the village over the coming few months. I put details of all these and more on my village web site at www.hethersett.org.uk.

Moving swiftly on, it has finally turned cold here in Norfolk. Temperatures today struggled to get above freezing all day and tonight are likely to plummet to -6. Snow could follow over the next few days.

Last night I wasted an evening watching Norwich City lose 3-0 at Sunderland with a lack-lustre performance that was their worst for many many months. Things can only get better when they take on Bolton at home this Saturday.

One of the highlights of the day when I have finished work is to watch the quiz show Pointless on television. One of the hosts Richard Osman is the funniest man on TV and a perfect foil for the presenter Alexander Armstrong who is pretty funny as well. Richard has a wonderful quick wit that is sometimes so sharp that people don't immediately get his comments. Recently one of the rounds asked contestants to give words that ended in the letters arm. One contestant said self-harm. Quick as you like Richard said that's what you do when you move from the country to the city. He then had to explain himself - sell farm. Today he was talking about chameleons and said one specific variety  was so good at blending in with its background that he had one on his hand. Of course nothing was there. "It used to be a bit jumpy but now it's a calmer chameleon," he said to a barrage of groans.

This is really my kind of humour based on clever wordplay.