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The entrance to St Michael’s Church at Kirkby Malham is given additional security by a gate. Thankfully, a deliberate gap has been made so one can pass through and enter the unlocked south door, and inspect the treasures within. I suspect that for actual Sunday worshippers, the gate is flung wide open.

The usual story. An email advises one of a parcel's arrival. The intended day of delivery is unsuitable, so it is re-arranged to a Saturday.

But the parcel never comes, and an email arrives explaining that ‘the address was inaccessible’; yet no card was left, no knock was heard. The driver, of course, could not be bothered to call; he wanted to finish early on a Saturday.