The August Spurtle bannock is browning nicely in the oven of production, and will be ready soon.
Current affairs covered this time include: trolleyloads of trouble, 15 sacks of litter, pile-drivers, planning questions, hustings heads-up, 5-cornered oblongs, chocolate, fancies, cocky nits and queasy soldiers, geraniums, waving grasses, sleepy teenagers, an humungous Hummer and 15 Ford Anglias all in a row. Plus a newly discovered artist who put the Colourists in the shade.
And I haven't even begun to describe a host of news, views, what's on guidance, bizarre communications and background information ready to burst into flame online when the time is right.
Spurtle will appear in all the usual Broughton dens of iniquity and temples of excellence; pubs, clubs, cafés and eateries, wineries, dineries, newsagents, hair salons, galleries, giftshops, churches, bookshops, and some of those hard-to-reach little corners which dare not speak their names.
In early August, some Spurtlers will be feeding midges in the Far West. Email, website and social-media channels may therefore fall strangely silent for a few days, but will return to their customary business before long.