Show time in Weirdale ...

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A clear sky and high moon greet the blogger on Saturday, the first day of the three day Bank Holiday weekend. Hooray! A holiday for the banks! Plus the traditional rush from the cities to the sea, to join the masses on the beaches, exposing themselves in order to burn their pale skins, having enjoyed the company of the others in the traffic jams, not to mention the usual cries from children: Are we there yet? I need a wee! Whoops, too late! I'm hungry! Can we go home?

This peculiar behaviour is known as normal in the UK, and not a New Normal, as arranged by the New World Order, but just normal normal for large sections of society. Metaphors like lemmings following each other over a cliff are far to unkind for a neo-Buddhist to employ, let alone enjoy. Anyway, a similar day out on Thursday, with two small boys, one small dog, their Grandma and her car, meant National Trust fun at Cragside and no traffic at all.

This morning, a short walk the six miles West from Stanhope on the back road to the Agricultural Show, updale at St John's Chapel, is planned. Let's see how that goes.

Pondering the future possibilities, as the Great Reset unfolds, is the job of philosophers, along with choosing which side might win, and throwing all the energy available at the potential for an outcome opposed to the Dark Side, meaning a few copies of The Light in the blue rucksack, in case any of the masses thronging along to the Show. After all, that long deceased Karl Marx said: The philosophers have merely interpreted the world. The point, however, is to change it! A noble idea indeed, and an inspiration to millions and we can't blame Karl and his mate Friedrich that it didn't work out as planned, can we? After all theory and practice are two different things, and a disciplined proletariat led by a ruthless party, intending to bring peace and freedom to the world through violence in two stages, had two basic problems in practice. First, using violence to bring peace just can't work, obviously. Second, Lenin launched his revolution with many more peasants than proletarians. Well, we can't blame Vladimir for trying, can we? After all, the whole world was tired of war in 1917, so he seized his chance and withdrew the Russians, signalling to all and sundry that the Imperialists were finished ... well, not quite, only in theory.

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Well that was fun! A wonderful walk along the Weardale Way in warm Sun, wearing shorts and sandals and embracing the silence of Nature. Occasional traffic on the back road alerted the walker to the need to avoid a collision with cars, vans, an old vintage tractor and a couple of bicycles, which means ears are important as well as eyes.

As for the Show, just opening and not thronging so early ... well, it was tempting to turn round and walk back, but The Light in the rucksack needed sharing, and it was shared with old friends and new ones, plus a new person only seen on FB previously, not actually a friend at all, but Rich Holden, the Luciferian MP, who was temporarily delighted to meet a constituent, until he realised that there were questions to be answered about eugenics, Great Resets, Local Agenda 21 and has he seen The Light paper offering different versions of the truth?! Having grilled him politely in the Sun, as his eyes shifted from side to side as he wondered where his two henchmen had gone, and how much longer was the grilling going to go on. He was pleased to know we might meet again at Stanhope Show in a fortnight, but possibly not Wolsingham next weekend.

Many papers and discussions later, it was time for the bus home for a late, light lunch. The bus driver, having no one else to talk to, shared his opinions, resonating pretty much with mine, and several issues of the Light were shared with him.

Now it's time for part three, a Greek Night with the Hexham crew, at The Garden Station near Allendale. Quite an exciting day so far, and who knows what's next, though mousaka and souvlaki are likely, houmous almost certain, not to mention Spanakopita, or spinach pie as it's also known.

Further reports tomorrow!