I suppose this is about being satisfied with your lot in life. We spent all our lives thrying to keep up with our neighbours, or do we. It is interesting to watch human nature at work, and men being driven by their wives to get the garden tidied or a better car, or a better job and being miserable as a result. I have always had jobs I enjoyed and I am always thrilled after conducting weddings either grand or small. Nowadays it seems that people are being driven onto the local economy and weddings are big business and that means money.

Frome in Somerset has just got its town hall back. It never went away, but when Frome ceased to be a local authority in the 1970s the town hall became the local social services office and despite their good works the building was not loved. Now it is, it has been tastefully refurbished is back under the control of the Town Council and will be a focal point for the people of Frome and surrounding villages. One of their plans is to use the Council Chamber and other rooms as a wedding venue, this will be good for the people of Frome and I hope they grab the opportunity to get married there when it presents itself. There are hurdles to jump and loops to go through, but it is coming.

So you will be able to get married without the enormous costs that you might attract elsewhere. The Mayor declared it as a priority and so it should be.

Perhaps then people will be happier with their lot as there maybe more cash for other important expenditures.

Jun remarked that our grass is greener. That’s because we are happy and content, and when it was dark the other evening I broadcast lawn feed over it.