The event app I'm using requires an exact date, so I made one up for now. I haven't seen a "nationally agreed" date yet, but I've guessed they'll go for the same weekend in mid-July.
Why does it say "Exact date to be decided" and then give an exact date? Which is correct please? If the 18th July is that "nationally agreed" by "the Powers that be"? Eeek.
I remember sledging at Roundhill in the early 1990s. One year (I think about 1992) we had a really good snowfall. People were sledging on trays, plastic sacks, purpose built sleds and a panel from an old cooker. One lad came gliding down the hill on a metal seat from the building that was the Roundhill Project (now the YMCA), smoking a cigarette as he went.
All the activity would cause the snow to thaw a little and then it would freeze at night into a sheet of ice. The next day you could hardly get to the top of the hill for slipping over.
The snow always seems to transform the community into what we wish it would be all year round. So many people coming together, having fun, sharing and relating to each other in the same positive moment. Everything looks fresh, hopeful and new. But soon it goes and the sense of separateness and struggle returns.
The Big Lunch will definitely be on 18th July.
The event app I'm using requires an exact date, so I made one up for now. I haven't seen a "nationally agreed" date yet, but I've guessed they'll go for the same weekend in mid-July.
Why does it say "Exact date to be decided" and then give an exact date? Which is correct please? If the 18th July is that "nationally agreed" by "the Powers that be"? Eeek.
I remember sledging at Roundhill in the early 1990s. One year (I think about 1992) we had a really good snowfall. People were sledging on trays, plastic sacks, purpose built sleds and a panel from an old cooker. One lad came gliding down the hill on a metal seat from the building that was the Roundhill Project (now the YMCA), smoking a cigarette as he went.
All the activity would cause the snow to thaw a little and then it would freeze at night into a sheet of ice. The next day you could hardly get to the top of the hill for slipping over.
The snow always seems to transform the community into what we wish it would be all year round. So many people coming together, having fun, sharing and relating to each other in the same positive moment. Everything looks fresh, hopeful and new. But soon it goes and the sense of separateness and struggle returns.
~ Joe
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