Sunday Again,

so off for Sunday lunch, to the Robin's Nest, Diana had a Thai dish, which she pronounced as delicious, it must have been as there was not a drop left!

we were joined by Slim Jim, who had just returned from Cambodia, he ordered the chicken dinner, for me I had the 199 baht carvery but I missed out on the soup, it was just too much, but did have the included ice cream,

then home feet up, catch a few ZZZZ's next we watched a few DVD's, but first Diana decided to make some fresh mango ice shakes, they were so nice I ate/swallowed mine too quickly so I received a sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, or brain freeze, but it was so nice I just had to finish it,

this is our second attempt to watch The King's Speech, first time the DVD did not work at all, but having read so much about it we decided to try again, at least this one worked, it was just a shame the 'propriety of ....do not copy' warning kept appearing, a timely reminder as to why we normally buy our DVD's in the UK, but back to the film, it is the story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it, one thing I did notice was that the Archbishop of Canterbury nearly put the crown on the Monarchs head back to front, when question by the now Queen Elizabeth he replied, 'I lost the thread' evidently a thread had been placed on the crown to show which was the back but it had become lost, I wonder if this is the original meaning of 'to lose the thread?'

after that another factual program, Landscape Mysteries, this time The Abandoned Marsh, on the Romney Marsh in Kent, there are ruined churches in the middle of fields and tales of towns lost at sea, the peoples of the marshes had much to endure, apart from constant flooding the final death knell came from of all things malaria! also on this DVD, The Tower People of Shetland, a surprisingly large population of people lived there in warmer times,

then from fact to fiction, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, with more lose ends than a big box of lose ends! I am sure this could have been scary but unfortunately it was not, the special effects were so 1950's but with more blood, definitely one never to watch again!

followed by, Poirot, Cat Among the Pigeons, when the middle-Eastern country of Ramat is over-run by anti-monarchist revolutionaries, the surviving heir to the throne, Princess Shaista, is spirited away to safety in a small girls' school, Meadowbank, which is run by the progressive Miss Bulstrode, however, when the bullying games mistress Miss Springer is found stabbed through the chest with a javelin, it appears that Meadowbank may not be the haven it promised to be, then a kidnapping and another murder makes the school even more of a subject for Poirot,

to round of the evening another factual DVD from The Open University, History Mysteries, in this first of a ten-part series it explores local history nationwide, the mystery team of sleuths, Jonathan Foyle (Time Team, Meet the Ancestors), Miranda Krestovnikoff (Hidden Treasure, Wreck Detectives) and Nick Barratt (House Detectives, Who Do You Think You Are?) are ready for any challenge to help members of the public solve historical mysteries on their doorsteps, the first is about the Smugglers’ Tunnels, with the History Mystery team investigating local smuggling myths in Porthleven, Cornwall, to decipher the truth behind the claim that the town’s local pub, The Ship Inn, was a hive of smuggling activity and intrigue throughout the18th century – and suspects it may even have some smuggling tunnels in the basement, I have to say both Diana and myself despite the late hour enjoyed this so much we almost watched another one, but it was time for bed.