I hope you can get there soon. HolmePride has done a lot of cleaning up and sprucing up over the past many months. railings have had the algae scrubbed off and have been given a fresh coat of black Hammerite. At the request of the owners of Daisy Lane Books, the ivy that had overgrown the stone "railing" on one side of the steps leading to the flat over the store has been removed, allowing access without having to brush against the ivy, getting soaked in wet weather. They've cleared the weeds out of the stone wall along one side of Hollowgate near the center of town and have planted rock plants in their place, and much, much more. Take a look at
https://www.facebook.com/holmepride/ for more details.
I had hoped to enjoy seeing the results of all their work, but unfortunately, I had to cancel my travel this month due to painfully knotted muscle fibers in the left lateral deltoid, with nerve endings getting pinched in the knots. My left arm was all but useless and I was sleeping badly. I've had about six weeks of physical therapy so far, and the pain is greatly reduced.