In France walking the backways and byways of rural Normandy and decided I needed a lightweight pair of walking trousers.
Nipped into Decathlon at Caen and picked up a nice pair and as it always happens bought another pair a cap and one of those cravet things to go around your neck.
Got to the check out and it all looked a bit weird. So when in Rome just watch what everyone else is doing - throwing all the items into a box. Then by magic on the screen appears each item the cost and total! How did that happen all the clothes were in a random bundle.
Turns out they are tagged with a RFID - amazing they probably know my movements in France.
You’ll probably say oh that has been around for a long time but it’s a new one on me.
Yesterday I had a wander around the RAF museum in Hendon. I haven’t been since the boys were small, but it really is a fantastic collection, completely free to walk in (I did make a donation).
Some photos attached of some of my favourite aeroplanes (in part driven by my Airfix memories):
I grew up on RAF bases. One of them had an old Lancaster (this was in the late 50s-early 60s) off to the side of a runway that we kids were allowed to play on and in.
Wonderful days. We must have re-won the war hundreds of times over!
Showing a probably unwise belief in Apple’s ability to get their firmware right, I today pre-bought an iPhone 16 Pro that will be delivered to me next Friday, the day it is launched.
I went for the 6.3 inch pro. My general life experience is that I usually regret going for the larger size of anything. So instead of spending money on a larger form factor, I bought more memory instead.
Amazing , I have very happy memories of RAF Luqa , but most of the time we seemed to be at RAF Wittering , and dad would get posted there again, again and again .
Remember seeing the first Harriers in 1970/71 hanging in mid air the way a brick doesn’t .
(apologies to Douglas Adams )
It’s the last night of our holiday tonight and today I’ve been pottering around Vouvray. It’s a really lovely village, not at all touristy. It seems like I’ve been away for ever and I’d be more than happy to stay here.
Here’s the place where we are staying. Ours is the left hand three sets of French doors on the low part. The owner lives in the rest.
