This is not beekeeping related, but I feel the need to write about it.
A visitor to my local area might think we’re celebrating some kind of festival. Yellow ribbons festoon the lampposts and park railings, their cheerful colour waving in the breeze.
But there is nothing to celebrate. A month ago, on the 28th August, a young 14 year old girl named Alice Gross went missing. Like me, she liked walking and had gone out for a long walk alone along the nearby canal running through Hanwell. CCTV footage showed her apparently returning in the direction of home under one of the canal bridges.
At first it seemed hopeful that she might have run away. Perhaps she would return. Posters were put out in Hanwell, in Ealing, in West London generally. Her face smiled out at all the passers by. The yellow ribbons were tied as a sign of hope…
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Thanks very much for re-blogging my post. It now seems likely that his body has been discovered in a local park – http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/05/alice-gross-murder-body-suspect-park
I saw that update. That probably means the family will never really know what happened. There seems so much sad news at the moment and I am finding it hard to deal with. Perhaps exacerbated by the days shortening and the end to regular beekeeping for a while. I was glad to reblog in case it was of use – thank you for expressing it so well.