We would love our street to be pedestrianised. The recent weekend when we trialled it was great. The sooner the better.

Better for our health - more walking and cycling, less pollution to breath in.

Better for the community - people can stand and chat, get to know each other.

Better for the economy - more people spending locally.

Thanks to everyone who came, looking forward to it being permanent soon.

Most people when asked why they need specs answer with something like:

“to see”

“because I am short sighted, or is it long - which is which?”

“because I am blind as a bat without them”

Mostly people cannot explain and end up saying things like they have “rugby balled shaped eyes” as they have “a stigma”.

This would be funny if these same people had not had multiple eye tests throughout their life and nobody they had seen had manged to explain their condition to them in any useful way.

We always explain your myopia (short sight), hyperopia (long sight), need for reading glasses (presbyopia) etc. We use words, graphics and demos to help make things clear (sorry). It is interesting and empowering to do this.

Wonder why this does not happen as a matter of course in all eye tests? Well, it is because if you go somewhere running a fully booked 20 minute diary there is not time. 20 mins is not enough for you or the optometrist - it is the right time if you are an accountant sitting in the USA/Guernsey (google who I mean!) who is trying to up profits though.

So, an unhurried eye test allows for a decent conversation and time for explanations and answering questions - better for you and me.

Look forward to seeing you.

We’ve been to Paris and ordered new frames from some old friends and some new ones. More sea plastic ones, some handmade in France and Holland and others too.

They’ll be arriving over the coming months, though some arrived 5 days after we got home. We are very much hoping that ordering stuff from our EU partners will not get too difficult after we leave. It is so easy currently, no forms, no taxes, no friction. Last year the Dutch guys we deal with said there was no way we’d leave - they still don’t believe it.