War Memorial

A Celtic Cross and the War Memorial. Amongst the fronts mentioned in the 1914/1818 war is Mesopotamia. This is probably a largely forgotten sector of WW1. It stood out for me on the war memorial as it refers to a place which no longer exists. For me the name conjures up antiquity rather than the 20th Century. I suppose this is the area in which Laurence of Arabia operated.

I was on my way for my morning coffee. The coffee machine is still out of order, so I was once again a customer at the independent across the road from Costa. I heard another customer asking the owner how Costa had impacted his trade. He said he had seen some decline, but not as much as he had feared.

In the afternoon I made a couple of trips to the waste recycling centre, I have a car with limited luggage space, so two trips does not amount to very much. Rain arrived mid afternoon, and was to continue throughout the night.