We decided to go away for the weekend to see how we got on with important things like snoring!! In lots of ways the weekend was a disaster, but we got on well with each other and the snoring from both of us was moderate. We spent Saturday afternoon in Bath at the Christmas Fair. It was crowded and rainy. I bought a wooden puzzle of Britain for my grandson and my friend bought a jar of pickle. The rain got worse and we decided to go into the Abbey. It seemed that everyone had the same idea. We filled the Abbey where a carol service was just beginning. We made our soggy way back to the bus stop but had to wait for our coach to come. We drove for an hour to an hotel. This was fine for the night but breakfast was a shambles and we missed out on toast. Next we journeyed to the Cotswolds which was fine. When we arrived at our home bus stop we thought our problems were over but the taxi took us several miles out of our way before we were able to put him right. We were meant to go to Heathfield, Honiton and he was taking us to Newton Abbot. It was a problemtical weekend but it proved we could stay friends in those conditions.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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