Out on patrol, me driving and the boss in the turret, we spotted this rather fantastic weather vane.
Sadly it's just not picking up too much wind where it has been positioned on the building but is a charming example of the blacksmith's art nonetheless.
Meanwhile we wonder how he keeps his top hat on; you would think he would be riding like the wind to catch his hat up as it bounces along behind him into the distance then for him only to start pedalling into the wind again.
It must be a bit like 'groundhog day' being a weather vane and why are they called weather vanes? Shouldn't they really be called wind direction indicating equipment? In fact they were often called 'weathercocks' as the image on the top was always a cockerel and the 'vane' must have come about later as it can mean a fan, wing, blade or windsail.
All is now crystal clear.
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