Today, we had a visit from the local Environmental Health Officer. Apparently, some snidey sod from the village made an anonymous complaint against us because we don’t have any permanent lighting in the shop (we are open during daylight hours and close when it gets dark. Any customers unwilling to come into the shop are served at the door and we’ve made plenty of signs to warn people about the darkness “danger”).
Luckily, the officer was very sympathetic and understood my plight. Nonetheless, I’ve still had to invest in a petrol generator and some halogen lighting. Hopefully, I can get this money back from the insurers (ha ha!).
You soon realise that there are plenty of nasty people about and it appears most of them inhabit the village of misery, known as Horsford.

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