Diana Was Again On Early Shift,

but we had a cunning plan,

after testing the fire alarms, I made my way to Bromley, it was there I was going to meet Diana,

so past the green,

and church and onto a number 227 bus, as I was going to Bromley I also took my watch that needed a new battery with me, arriving in Bromley I asked a mobile telephone repair shop if they replaced batteries in watches, they did not but directed me to,

Timpson in the car park of Sainsbury's, they also key cut, dry clean, as well as shoe and boot repairs, anyway 5 minutes and £12.99, I was on my way to meet Diana,

as I came out of the passage way that goes to Sainsbury's to the High Street, there was Diana just alighting from a number 354 bus, what a stroke of luck! past The Partridge, 

and into the pedestrian area for a walk to Bromley South, 

and here we were,

at the Vue cinema complex, 

and this is what we were here for, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,

before the film pick up a few goodies,

we sat in almost the front row,

time to get settled in,

popcorn, M & M's and a coke, 

the nice thing here is that the seat reclines and also a leg support lifts your legs, so you are really laying back to enjoy the movie, and what a movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was, set as a story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and team up with Mad Max for Fury Road, I will not say more than that in case you have not yet watched the movie, but what I will say is that both Diana and myself thoroughly enjoyed it!

out into the courtyard and on to a number 162 bus back to Beckenham, 

a short walk into town past a newly built Travelodge and a housing development, 

and into Miso, for our evening meal,

for starters tempura prawns and vegetables,

and my favorite, baked spare ribs with garlic, chilli and peppercorn salt, as well as a plate of sesame prawn on toast, 

'Cheers!',

for our main course Diana chose Singapore noodles, fried vermicelli, shredded chicken, pork, shrimps, egg, sesame seeds and spices which is a slightly hot dish, 

for myself Malaysian chicken curry, stir fried chicken breast with Chinese mushrooms, peas, onions, coconut milk and spices in a curry sauce served with steamed rice,

another 'Cheers!', from myself, the bill including a coke and bottle of house red and service charge came to £80.00, 

we followed that with a short walk to the shop next door,

the menu, 

Diana wanted to buy a couple of tea's, 

and received a reward card as well,

we walked back home past the green, 

and into the park,

stopping on the way for Diana to try the aroma of the pink peonies,

also putting on a good show some daisy like flowers,

arriving home as I looked out of the window, 

the duck was back, standing on one leg, we then watched a double helping of Have I Got News For You before we were off to bed.

I Have Heard Of Alphabet Soup,

and just now about a alphabet typeface,

all illustrations © Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. Tutti i diritti riservati. Non è consentito alcun uso a scopo commerciale o di lucro, 

each letter, well with the exception of J and W are represented,

the frontispiece, 

with explanation after each illustration,

after each letter a guide is printed, 

all the way from 'A',

to 'Z', a monumental task, 

for Antonio Basoli (1774-1848),

and I nearly forgot, there is a there is also a ampersand,

for the full alphabet have a look here.

We Sometimes Watch Programs About Animal Smugglers,

lizards, snakes, insects, sometimes even fish, 

photograph Robert F. Bukaty/The Associated Press, but never at this scale, 109 kilograms of elvers or glass eels as they are known, were found being smuggled by just one person, elvers weigh just a few grams and are less than 10 centimetres long, the baby eels, sometimes called glass eels, are typically flown to Asia where they're raised to maturity and sold for food and used in unagi dishes at sushi restaurants, federal data shows 149 people have been arrested for elver-related crimes, and nearly 208 kilograms of elvers have been seized so far this year, but this is the biggest so far, the haul was estimated to be worth between $400,000 and $500,000! for the full story have a look here.

I Had A Quiet Day,

in the afternoon I decided on,

Hellboy, total fantasy but it was nice to watch again, after which Diana arrived home, 

and it was soon time for a read, 

for our meal this evening baked salmon with bacon wrapped asparagus and potatoes, 

'Cheers!',

after which I was out into a chilly evening, 

walking to the bus stop, on the ground at the entrance to the park, it looked like some graffiti vandals had been at work, different colours sprayed on the road and pavement,

all in preparation for work to start on a mini roundabout first thing Monday morning, this is the roundabout that was going to be finished last winter!

on to and off of the number 227 bus in Penge to meet Steve in the Moon & Stars, where we chatted the night away, 

after saying our goodbyes I took a 358 bus to the cinema, then a number 54 home, arriving there Diana was already in bed, another early start tomorrow, for myself a spiced rum nightcap and a Have I Got More News For You, before I to was off to bed.

Ask Anyone To Think Of A Mascot On Cars,

and I am pretty sure this one will spring to mind, 

the Rolls Royce Sprit of Ecstasy, on the radiators of their cars, I took this photograph way back in February 2015 whilst we were living in Thailand, but I have only today read that the image was in fact based on a real lady, the mascot was modelled after Eleanor Thornton and Andrew Ball, Head of Corporate Relations and Heritage at Rolls-Royce said this about her: “Secrets, sacrifices and the ever-present risk of scandal dominated her tragically short but intense and colourful life, She was a strong, intelligent, self‑assured and highly influential woman in an automotive world that was then almost entirely male-dominated.” she started working at an automotive magazine called The Car Illustrated, where she worked as an office manager under John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, who she embarked upon what Rolls-Royce described as a, ‘lengthy, clandestine’ affair with, according to Rolls-Royce: “Montagu could handle the writing, editing and publishing himself; but for images, he needed a professional illustrator, Sykes produced a mascot for the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, called ‘The Whisper’ which was a small aluminium statuette of a young woman in fluttering robes with a forefinger to her lips, Rolls-Royce said: “It has been confirmed that Eleanor was the model: whether the mascot was a token of appreciation from Sykes to his friend and employer, or made at Eleanor’s instigation as a gift for her lover, remains a mystery, for the full fascinating story of the Spirt of Ecstasy have a look here.

I Am Always Interested In Railways,

and what better for the kids than a Children's Railway?

image MÁV Zrt. MÁV-VOLÁN GROUP, The Budapest Children’s Railway, called The Gyermekvasút, is a 7-mile-long rail line in Budapest that’s operated by children aged 10-14 (aside from the train’s driver), the project, then called the Pioneer’s Railway, was started in 1947 as a part of a three-year Communist plan. This video shows how the railway operates and includes interviews with current workers as well as former workers from the Communist era,

like any other railway, it has ticket offices, diesel locomotives, signals, switches and a timetable, all run by children, the line stretches among the Buda hills from Széchenyihegy to Hűvösvölgy, crossing the Cogwheel Railway and serving Normafa as well as the highest point of Budapest: Jánoshegy, for more information and how to apply have a look here, as a kid I would have loved to do something like this, well you never know, why not give a line like this a try in the UK?