Give Me a Clue

Got a wonderful call yesterday to the library, in the midst of stamping books and telling people to shh.
An elderly lady was at home doing the Business Post crossword and she was stuck on one clue which was driving her crazy so she decided to ring the library.  She had the first letter and the last letter of a four letter word R- - A, the clue was English Playschool.  She finished up the call a very happy customer with her crossword complete and a positive library story to tell her friends.  As a crossword lover myself I was only too delighted to help!

The view from the sticks today is not so good.  It's the 7th July but it has been raining all day non stop, we all need wellies not sandals....and who knows maybe an ark if things continue like this!  On the plus side though  the library was packed all day with children and families picking books and trying to ignore the weather.  Every cloud......