It's Nice To Natter To Natter Is Nice!

Yesterday, young Eric spotted something he'd never spotted before, goodness only knows how  .........

..... to wit, a small plaque inviting you to have a chat with a person you might also find availing themselves of said bench.

Well, you know Eric as much as we do and he just LOVES to natter with anyone about this and that, everything and anything, nothing complicated, technical or controversial,  just a gentle shared musing and ponderage.

What a lovely idea! Eric, to be honest, is never short of anyone to talk to, but he is aware that although some people might be out and about town, if they live on their own, they may not have spoken to anyone "properly" for few days, saying please and thank you in a shop doesn't really count ..........

So, he's promised himself that when he's got a few minutes to kill when he's "up town", he'll sit there for a while, perhaps with a few suckie sweets in his pocket and strike up a conversation, especially in the weeks leading up to Christmas, when it's a time that can feel even more lonely for some people, a time when we are truly, truly blessed in much more than a Hello magazine type way. Bless his little woolie winter socks. We await and look forward to hear his tales from/of the bench ........ what is he like?