Coastal visit

We had a very nice trip down to the coast last week. One place we visited was Bosham which is exposed to floods from the estuary it lies on. Two solutions to the problem have been to raise the bottom of the front door to an expected level above flood water, but keeping the top of the door the same height; and to have steps out of the living room window down to the road outside. The window is a bay and the bottom is lead lined to make it waterproof.

The aaah! factor was the boats as usual, and the permit breaking swan.

BLOG MOAN

My chosen style in blogging seems to take the system to its limits. I have to remember to insert the photos in the reverse order to the one in which I want them displayed, but the text has to be entered in the same sequence as shown. Also the layout in the draft differs from the preview and it is different again in the published form, sometimes with big gaps then appearing - as in my previous Blog. Very frustrating. About time Google sorted it out.

Woking Classic Car Show

This is a show provided by owners who are often much older than the cars they own. The De Dion Bouton is an exception that breaks the rule. It dates from 1903 and was in much better condition than its passengers.

Or so I thought until 20 metres after it moved off the driver had to leap out and re-start it. There was no starter motor in those days and so a man had to use a handle connected to the engine to turn it over to get it going. This was hard work. And riding in it on a wet day would not be much fun either.

One of the cars with even better finish than a modern Beemer was the following Bentley with a Flying Lady statuette on the bonnet, walnut trim on the dashboard, stainless steel mouldings and leather upholstery in a delightful shade of grey. Very nice car. The owner was well upholstered too.




The only US car I spotted was a Thunderbird which presumably inspired a certain British TV program (Thunderbirds are go!).











A car I was very pleased to see was a Morris 8. This was the same as my Dad's first car except that the latter was a saloon (i.e. it had a roof). Luverly, innit?

Busy Bee

Readers of this blog (aka the silent minority) will wish to know that the blue tit family have vacated their premises. It seemed to all happen on a single day when there was much twittering and a lot of these birds flitting in the branches of the chestnut tree. Presumably they now roost in the surrounding bushes. The latest seasonal visitors are the bees pollinating the poppies amongst other flowers, like this one: