Monday, 18 May 2020

Sunday Seems To Have Arrived Again So Soon,

the week just seems to have flown past,


so on to today, a read with a pre meal sherry,

 avocado, prawns and a salad for starters,

 'Cheers!',

 for today roast beef,

 with gravy for Diana,

 without for myself,  

 between courses Diana noticed the fox in the garden stretched out in the sun, 

 a slight change of position,  

 one of the magpies arrived to eat some of the peanuts,

 which promoted the fox to start eating some, 

 although he then decided to take a break, 

 I was surprised at how close the magpie let the fox get to him,

 I would have thought that the magpie would be a meal for the fox, but apparently not,

 next a lie down in the shade,

 I think he expected me to throw some more peanuts near him, so he did not have to get up!  

 on to desserts,

 a pink Magnum.

 I have to say it was not one of our favorite flavours, but at least we gave it a try,

to finish the meal, a glass of port, feet up and listen to some music until the evening, 

for our film tonight, Hurricane, or Mission of Honor, as it was later known, a gripping story made all the more so as it was true, in that Polish pilots helped immensely in the Battle of Britain, at first there was a reluctance to allow the Polish airman to man fighters, but at the end of the battle Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, who once was so reluctant to allow Polish pilots into battle, summarised their contribution in probably the most telling way: 'Had it not been for the magnificent work of the Polish squadrons and their unsurpassed gallantry, I hesitate to say that the outcome of battle would have been the same'. for Sir Hugh, praise indeed, for a full account of 303 Polish squadron, have a read here at the Imperial War Museum site, we rounded off the evening with the latest Have I Got News For You, then for us we were off to bed.


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