Quote Originally Posted by Sherry
Pleater, you should be more careful about causing car accidents.
Twice now - at the same spot by the traffic lights some poor man has had palpitations at the sight of my lace edged petticoats - knee length petticoats, light cream in colour and a good safe cotton too - maybe they just don't have much excitement in their lives.

Oh well, at least no one had keeled over at the wheel yet, and the damage has been fairly minimal.

I am a little doubtful about wearing the black one, however - and have decided against making the maroon one I planned - far too close to red for the good of the traffic.

It is the conformation of the land and buildings there. The parish church stands back from the road and has an open area with seats and flower beds - it is the sunny side of the main street. A wind from the South has to come up the slope to the top of the ridge on which the road runs, and it is funnelled by tall buildings on the South side of the cross roads, so it gets stronger, and then is let loose in the open piazza, bouncing off buildings and destroying umbrellas, stealing hats and generally causing mischief.