What with one thing and another I seem to have become rather behind with posting things but I have been ridiculously busy with the minutiae of modern life and making a timed watering system for Angella in the garden, which is still a work in progress.

However, on to more exciting adventures, starting with our visit to the Great Central Railway forties weekend which was rather good, although not apparently anywhere as good as previously before it was cancelled because of Covid. Missing, were the re-enactors who previously manned each railway station with a different theme, but as someone who has not seen the event in its previous incarnation I thought this was a valiant effort in a step back to how it was and look forward to going again next year when I’m sure it will be even better.

As usual we forgot to take any photos, the following being the sum total of our photographic endeavours, starting firstly with a photo of a train!

Followed by a photo of Angella and myself which the receptionist in our hotel kindly took as proof we were actually there, although Shirl and her girls can vouch for our presence as we watched Shirl’s show and later joined in the peabody dance class with Alan and Julie. Sadly, no photos!

Here is an image of our friend Steve who had actually driven this rather splendid train and proceeded to tell us of some of its history.

During the course of the evening during dinner an American lady came over to our table to compliment Angell and myself on our outfits and during the conversation she explained the reason for her trip was to make a film about her cousin Charles ‘Eddie’ Burdick who had died during the war when his P47 Thunderbolt plane crashed in Shepshed which was just up the road. She had never met him but by a strange quirk of fate had come into contact with letters he had written home to his mother. I believe the film will be called, ‘Your soldier boy, Eddie.’ Her name was Arthene Lavalley should you wish to follow for more news on the story. https://www.facebook.com/arthene.lavalley Here she is, the lady in the hat, together with members of the film crew and a gentleman who has been researching the story for some years I believe.

That’s the best I can come up with photographically by way of a record of our weekend at the GCR, which reminds me of my school reports, ‘can do better,’ and ‘he sets himself a very low standard and then fails to attain it!’