Went the day well? It certainly started that way. Waking up to hear that the Tories had been hammered in two ‘safe’ seats is always a good start. Then I started to look at the result in Uxbridge, which led to this blog. The more I look at the Green party of England and Wales the more convinced I am they’re simply not fit for purpose and are part of the climate change problem, not the solution.

Numbers crunched and other work done Dawn and I nipped out for a coffee at the Piece Hall in Halifax with a friend from TfGM (Transport for Greater Manchester). Mark hadn’t been over to the hall for several years so was blown away by its present incarnation as a music arena that hosts world famous names. In recent weeks we’ve had Madness and Sting. Last year Dawn and I went to see Nile Rodgers and Chic as well as Paloma Faith. The Piece Hall’s rapidly gaining a name for itself as a place musicians want to appear at.

Coffee over the pair of us returned to home and the grindstone until this evening when I escaped to our local (the ‘Big 6’) to enjoy a couple of beers and the quiz. There’s been no ‘Pub Paper’ this week so Mel, our resident quizmaster dug out an old book which was a Yorkshire based quiz. Not being from these parts this left me with somewhat of a handicap. Ask me questions about far-flung parts of the globe and I’m your man. Ask me to name all nine towns in Calderdale and I haven’t got a ‘Scooby Do’. Apparently, one of them’s called Shelf. Seriously? As for old Yorkshire dialect – please…!

Still, it was fun. Hearing Mel (who’s from Rochdale and has a broad Lancashire accent) trying to pronounce some of these local phrases made me feel better. I love regional accents. Dee was remarking about how I slipped from the ‘Queens English’ back into Scouse earlier today, so I’m not immune. But, having spent so much time travelling around the UK and non-English speaking nations my accent and intonation changes to suit my surroundings.

Fun in the pub time over I’m now back at home as we’ve got a lot going on over the next few days which means it’s time to draw this blog to a close. I’ll leave you with a picture of the Piece Hall for taken from the hills above Halifax. It’s a unique building, so if you ever pass this way…

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