In the centre of Iden is a special building; a bus shelter built to commemorate the coronation in 1953, next year it will be celebrating its own platinum jubilee. It's a place to chat whilst waiting to see if the bus will turn up on time, it's also a place to observe the swallows who return here every year and entertain us with their navigation skills as they enter the roof through a hole not much bigger than themselves.During lockdown, a neatly constructed display case appeared in the shelter entitled 'The Iden Museum of Field and Garden Finds' displaying items found in and around Iden - it seems we have acquired our own guerrilla museum!
No one seems to know who is in charge of this mysterious museum, there is also an Instagram page although this has been rather quiet recently, it would be interesting to know who is responsible for the cabinet which is much appreciated by the village.
Iden looks beautiful in the spring, the verges are full of daffodils, the roads have also acquired matching yellow '30mph' and 'Slow Down' signs. Unfortunately, the signs did not deter the driver who tail-gated me from Playden recently and was really aggressive when I slowed down to 30mph. We often hear the screech of brakes as drivers take the bend too fast, let's hope that some of them will take notice of the signs.
