Loved by all who live in the street and the envy of those who don't, the lamppost which stood smack in the middle of the junction was finally carted off today. Being able to make a left turn into our lane will be no recompense for its non-presence.
It had guarded this important village crossroads for many years, not only throwing light in the general direction of our medieval style public lavatories, but also carrying important electricity cables which enabled the neighbours to lead quite normal 21st century lives when it wasn't raining.
The post's demise has come as a result of a European edict that states that all electric cables now have to be underground. When we bought the house exactly 3 years ago (minus one week) and requested an electricity supply we were told that as the burial of the cables was imminent we'd have to wait without power until that happened. Luckily Gesa, the power company, relented and gave us power after only SEVEN months and we've been enjoying its intermittant supply ever since!
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