October 2019 water situation reports added for all areas except Lincs and Northants, and Solent and S Downs. These will be added as soon as they become available. The cover of Sheehan’s enjoyable debut novel makes wry reference to the notion that it sits somewhere between comedy, road trip and tragedycorrect, but this exercise in literary plate-spinning just about pulls off its conceit. Conceived as a way in which Sheehan could explore his interest in the siege of Sarajevo in the mid-1990s and what he calls the epidemic of suicide in Ireland’s young people, three old school friends reconvene on a trip through California, trying to help Tom overcome the PTSD he is suffering after experiencing the war in Bosnia – which itself is presented in ghastly detail in alternate chapters. There’s some fine Irish comedy along the way, and Sheehan adeptly pierces the nature of lasting friendship, even if it sometimes teeters on the edge of caricature. It’s the changing of the seasons that is so spell-binding. Visually, the scenery reminds me of a set of four jigsaw puzzles I have of a country scene in each of the four seasons. The landscape the people, the town, and the community events remind me of the folk art of Grandma Moses, although this is a contemporary story, not horse and buggy days. But school concerts and church functions are still hubs of local activity.

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This is every bit as astonishing, I’m sure. His works have been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and it’s only a matter of time before he moves his way up, I’m sure. We are there, in the chill and the dark, watching the leaves turn and the wildlife preparing for winter. Reservoir 13 leaves the reader feeling mesmerised, disconcerted and with senses oddly heightened, as if something had walked over their own grave." -- The Australian This goes straight to the favourites list (or to the Pool Room, a destination many Aussies will recognise from The Castle). There is a range of different length hikes, from 5 to 24 miles. If you’re short on time you can still fit in a great hike or if you have the full day then you can choose one of the longer walks and explore more of the Peak District.A pale light moved slowly across the moor, catching in the flooded cloughs and ditches and sharpening until the clouds closed overhead.” My life has always revolved around the written and spoken word. I worked as a journalist for nine years then in international corporate communications

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People in villages- and cities - all over the world - go on with their daily routines: feed animals ...get married.. break up... have drinks at the local pub... have Christmas parties... go to social dances... kids go to school..A wonderful book. [Jon McGregor]'s an extraordinary writer, unlike anyone else." -- Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water For the full route description, map and useful information, read the route here. Walk route, map + GPX here They'd lost a ewe while he'd been gone. There was a meeting of the parish council. Brian Fletcher had difficulty keeping people to the agenda.. Goldeneye (female LBC), 3 Goosander (redheads Wigborough Bay), 2 Ruff (Wigborough Bay), Common Tern (LdLHC), 2 Spoonbill (juveniles Wigborough Bay), Marsh Harrier (Wigborough Bay), Raven (LBC) Night Vale makes Twin Peaks look like Henley-on-Thames. Local weather reports, announcements from the Sheriff and news make up the community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale... along with dark hooded figures and possible UFO sightings. Weird and wonderful. 15. The Author’s Voice

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Kinder Scout is one of those must-do hikes in the Peak District, the Kinder Plateau is a huge area which has many different routes up. This hike takes you up from Snake Pass exploring the northern edges of Kinder Plateau. It is quieter than the routes from Edale or Hayfield, on sunny days there are also a few great spots to stop for a dip in Fair Brook. Adam Thorpe’s novel Missing Fay begins with the disappearance of a teenage girl. Was she abducted, perhaps murdered, or did she simply run away from her bleak home on a Lincolnshire “sink” estate? With a mentally unstable mother and a stepfather who’s as much use as a wet slice of bread, who could blame 14-year-old… In many ways, nothing else momentous happens; just regular village life, albeit tainted and scarred.It is an important event where people meet, plan, decide, draw designs, cooperate (or not) and finally complete the structure. The preparation takes muscle and tractors to haul out the big boards, soak them in the river, drag them to the village, then dig and prepare the wet clay to cover the boards. The clay is spread on the boards so designs can be traced and petals pressed to create the picture. It is the kind of event that brings out the best and worst in people, from the old hands to the newcomers who want to join in. [In Australia, we used to love to see the district produce displays at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.]

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How the villagers cope, muddle though this event, and how it influences the years that follow is what this story is about. It is a lovely, rhythmic, soothing and spellbinding account of the impact it has on individuals over the thirteen plus years that follow, how it casts an essence of her presence, of her being present, brought about by her absence. An anticipation, but also an acceptance, she is part of them, now. She is a part of the village. How life manages to find a way, it just goes on, even when we think it can’t or it won’t. People fall in love, babies are born, crops are planted and crops are gathered, and yet somehow, she is ever-present.At midnight when the year turned there were fireworks going up from the towns beyond the valley but they were too far off for the sound to carry to the few who’d come out to watch.