Kingsman

Been to see Kingsman at Bluey this evening with N, J and O.

Good fun film, even if someone got sliced in half, and quite a few people lost their heads!

Eric

With today marking 50 years since Churchill's funeral, I am reminded of Uncle Eric, who had a part to play in that famous day. Sadly I never got to meet him - he was certainly a remarkable man, as this obituary which appeared in the Independent demonstrated.

Given Eric's connections to both the funeral train and to the National Railway Museum, it is very interesting to see that they have an exhibition which starts today - "Churchill's Final Journey". May well be worth a visit.

(Also interesting to note that they have an article which specifically explains why Churchill wanted the final train journey to depart from Waterloo, which I understand is a story that Uncle Eric had shared before as well. However, I think in Eric's version, the main thrust of the tale was about taking the opportunity to have some fun at De Gaulle's expense, and not so much the subtler point about nations never surrendering to tyrants!)

Pink again

Seem to have a thing for pink rooms this week!

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For Sure

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are ignoring the owner's manual your Creator gave you. What I know for sure is this: you are build not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. To be more splendid. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.

(Oprah Winfrey)

Bramley

Morning in Brighton today followed by lunch and afternoon in Guildford today. Got a chance for a good run in the new car, including navigation by iphone, which went fine (as the new car doesn't come with built in sat nav). One of the reasons for not getting the sat nav was that there apparently is an app which I can download which will enable me to get the phone screen to appear on the car screen. Must give that a go at some point.

Once my new car's term is up, I did notice a promising-looking place I could go for a replacement. On the outskirts of Guildford there is a village called Bramley, and they have a garage that sells some very nice cars indeed.

Pink

Pink room

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Stall

Went out for my first drive in the new car today.

Stalled it before I got to the end of the road.

Also, learned that pulling away in second is not an option.

On the plus side, Nicky has connected the bluetooth for me!