I caught up with two of Trelawnyd’s biggest characters yesterday
Affable Despot Jason is still around and is just emerging from his usual yearly hibernation. In spring, like the hedgehogs , he shows his public face , and like Cher, resurrects himself for another year of real life scrutiny.
I have a spare ticket to see Troy Hawke on Saturday but unfortunately he’s working , but my message was welcomingly received and we promised each other that we’d meet up very soon, which was nice.
Village Elder Islwyn stopped just before The Archers , he was dressed in his normal uniform of huge yellow workman’s jacket and beanie hat and he wasn’t happy as someone had stolen one of the graveyard watering cans. With forensic certainty he narrowed down the theft to Saturday morning and apparently has some unshared evidence from a local’s door camera
“ Can you put the details on your blog” he asked, aware that I have 10 thousand page views a day “ if it suddenly turns up again, we’ll say no more about it”:
I promised I would
I hope the can is returned for the thief’s sake
I wish that I could hibernate through the winter.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, I am afraid for that thief. Elder Islywn seems like a force to be reckoned with.
Never a truer word spoken Debby
DeleteTrelawnyd miscreant, return that watering can!
ReplyDeleteSomeone is fearfully hiding behind their nets
DeleteYes, bring that watering can back Mrs Trellis! It's not yours!
ReplyDeleteShe’d be mortified if she read this
DeleteTsk, tsk! Return the watering can lest there be dire consequences!
ReplyDeleteHope you find a taker for your spare ticket.
Hugs!
Yes sorted x
Deleteit is an excellent can in that photo yes.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best
DeleteShotguns at dawn!
ReplyDeleteNo one should ever underestimate Islwyn
DeleteI hope the thief reads your blog and is shamed into returning it, perhaps along with an apology and a plant or two for the cemetery! I watch this space for further developments! xx
ReplyDeleteNo news as yet
DeleteDrama in the churchyard! I hope it turns up soon.
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DeleteVillage life for you, we are watching happenings around the world and your headline, is theft of a watering can, I so miss village life....
ReplyDeleteYes I thought and felt it was a bit of perspective
DeleteYou need Father Brown on the "Case of the missing watering can!"
ReplyDeleteRosemary and thyme morelike
DeleteStealing a communal watering can is about as low as you can get; but those cans are expensive to replace. Returning it would be a very good idea, and is better than being named and shamed and shunned forever; no-one can afford that in such a tight, communal community. Hope it comes back - even if under cover of darkness. Doesn't anyone know you can get away with very little these days due to ring cameras and the like.
ReplyDeleteWe will see xx
DeleteThe eyes of the village will be on the trali John. Bet it is returned forthwith.
ReplyDeleteWatch this space pat xx
DeleteBorrowed, not stolen (according to a friend)...?
ReplyDeleteI hope so
DeleteSomeone once told me, in a big city no one notices you, in a small town, no detail goes unknown. I expect the watering can will show up soon.
ReplyDeleteMaybe several will turn up
DeleteI too wonder if it was borrowed with good intentions to return immediatly but something happened to derail the person? Ceci
ReplyDeleteI hope so for Islwyn sake
DeleteI will now forever imagine that Affable Despot Jason looks just like Cher.
ReplyDeleteBoth are timeless
DeleteWell, please forgive me, I have pictured him as a hedgehog. ; )
DeleteDid the watering can return home overnight? Gigi
ReplyDeleteNothing yet , but I’ve not seen Mr Poirot today
DeleteWell, keep us posted on the mystery of the missing watering can, John. Suspenseful! :)
ReplyDeleteNo news as yet
Deletethey won't dare return it - the shame x ( I've sent you a photo just now but it says "sending" for ages)
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DeleteSo flis THATCH is a Welsh terrier
DeleteThe case of the missing watering can. I'd be angry too. Hope it's returned soon.
ReplyDeleteMade me smile !
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a comedy said on the archers but it’s a genuine post , that’s real
DeleteThis description is a gentle side of mr Gray I think
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I say what I see
DeleteIslwyn is doing a kindness by letting the person return it anonymously rather than creating drama by marching to their home and confronting them.
ReplyDeleteI hope it returns , for his sake 😎
DeleteThose old metal watering cans are quite valuable and collectible now. It'll be sold for big bucks at this weekend's car boot sale! Will Islwyn be fixing your garden gate this spring? Is he the metalworker guy?
ReplyDeleteNo , but he can turn his hand to most things
DeleteAfter watching the global news so sad and depressing I found this headline news quite heartwarming. If only the most important news in the world was a missing watering can. I’m not making light of Islwyns loss they’re expensive and I hope it’s returned soon …Tweetart ( Debbie )
ReplyDeleteYes it’s nice to be reminded of the ordinary
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