Local News No.2. Spalding Flower/Tulip Parade.

It's nice to see the Spalding Flower Parade will, at least in part, be returning to it's rightful home in Spalding town centre.

It has been reported that the parade will either start or finish at the Sir Halley Stewart Field adjacent to the town centre instead of the out of town shopping area it has been beached at in recent years.

Let's hope they get it right and the parade finishes at the Sir Halley Stewart Field ensuring the thousands of tourists and locals who visit will then stay in the town centre and spend their tourist £'s. Rather than at an out of town shopping centre full of national retail chains which has little benefit to the local economy other than a few part-time staff's wages and a bit of rates to the council. Spend the tourist £ locally and it will circulate in the local economy for years.

Better still, have the parade both start and finish in town.

Any chance?

Whisky of the Week No.2. Abelour.

Aberlour 10 Year Old.

This years Christmas gift from W.C., a child who knows how to keep on the right side of Dad.

It's a while since I tasted this particular single malt so it was a pleasure to slowly open and expectantly pour this lovely coloured liquid. A large, slow sniff revealed brandy and sherry, later confirmed by the smooth taste of both revealing the storage methods which use both sherry and bourbon casks. Add a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg with the usual warmth of a Speyside whisky and you have a very well rounded, smooth whisky for the price.

Definitely one for the recommended list.