WHAT do you know, after criticising the sign telling motorists to pull up to the line and wait for the lights to turn green at the Harmby traffic lights, we got stuck in a queue because someone didn’t read the sign.

Incredibly, after waiting a few minutes, a passenger in the offending vehicle got out and marched up the road to the bridge to stop oncoming traffic so her vehicle could pass. It was a fairly reckless act. Luckily, there wasn’t a head on collision and the woman wasn’t run over.

Of course, as soon as her car moved forward, the switch was triggered and the lights turned to green, allowing the mile-long queue of traffic to proceed without incident. We’re gonna need a bigger sign.

If that wasn’t enough drama for one Saturday, the first ever Redmire Duck Race took place in torrential conditions.

It was supposed to be the hottest day of the year but it was one of the wettest.

The plastic ducks didn’t help by loitering in the river for a good hour, rather than racing to the line.

Eventually, one did break cover, but not before most people were soaked.

It was still a well-attended and well-organised event with Rotarian and Dales community stalwart, Phil Oliver, in charge of supplying the booze.

Apparently he marched into Tesco at Catterick and advised the manager how much he would be paying for some stock with slightly damaged packaging.

“Is he always like this?” the beleaguered manager asked Phil’s wife, Jane. “Yes,” she probably replied.

In other supermarket news, apparently the Asda home delivery van comes all the way from Kendal in Cumbria to deliver to the Dales.

I’ve become a bit obsessed with the supermarket delivery services and am considering preparing a Which?

style review. So far, I can tell you that Tesco’'s service is cheaper than Sainbury’s, but Tesco went through a phase of not letting you order tinfoil or greaseproof paper – and this week their fruit and veg appears to have been grown in Lilliput.