May
May
proved to be cold, grey and occasionally wet until the Bank Holiday weekend at
the end of the month. Roger had some
chilly evenings on the bowling green, but the club teams got off to a good
start for the season: the Triples team
won their first five matches.
On
Wednesday 13 we went to a Christian Aid charity quiz at the Pheasant over the
road. With a bowling club friend, and a
couple who joined our table for the evening, we came second.
On
Thursday 14 we spent an interesting morning at the nearby Stanway House, where
the BBC was filming for the next series of Antiques
Roadshow. Click below for details.
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Better
weather arrived towards the end of the month, and Teresa several times
visited the GWR in Toddington, where they were holding a Festival of Steam,
including the visit of the Hogwarts Express, apparently for the first time at
a private heritage railway. And, as if
that weren’t enough, it was joined by the world’s largest transportable
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Here
is Roger in front of the aforementioned organ, as we awaited the arrival of
the Hogwarts Express. |
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Platform 9¾ had been
magically transported from King’s Cross.
Passengers began to fill the platform waiting to board. |
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The train pulls out for
its first run of day. Also prominent on the
tracks that day were the City of Truro
(below left) in the sidings, and 5526
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City of Truro held the world speed
record for steam back in 1904. |
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The good
weather over the weekend of 24-25 meant that we belatedly set to work in the
garden planting some potatoes, tomatoes and sundry flowers in various
containers and small hastily prepared plots.
And
by Sunday 21 the weather was warm enough for us to have our first barbecue of
the year.
