On Friday I collected a new pair of varifocal glasses, they are so different from my old ones they are doing my head in, will I ever get used to them? I hope so.
Yesterday there was an event in Bideford to turn the Christmas lights on. Things started at 2pm and went on till way late in the evening.

The main road through Bideford was closed to traffic.The local radio station were there compering the event. There was the obligatory Father Christmas, fairground rides, any number of people in costumes. There were reindeer and the worlds smallest horses The town brass band played and the school choir sang Christmas carols. at 5pm the lights were switched on to the sound of cheers and oo's and ahh's.

Some 4,000 people were there which is not a bad turn out for a very small town.