Pickering...

Stayed in Pickering last night, unaware that I was gatecrashing the end of a 1940s weekend. Just about everyone was in uniform: quite disorientating. I congratulated an elderly couple for getting into the spirit of the occasion by wearing their oldest and dowdiest clothese, but they said it was what they wore every day. The 1940s look for women I can take or leave, but a long coat and a homburg hat is a great look for a man. I had a beer (not 1940s prices, alas) while the pub played Vera Lynn songs, before putting the blackout curtains up in the van and having an early night…

Licensed this pic of the old post office on Beast Bank, Kendal: the inspiration for Postman Pat...