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13 February 2025

Zak (see photo of band below) has just passed his driving test, and to celebrate he drove me to Southsea to visit the D-Day Museum which we'd both wanted to do in the past. An interesting place altogether, but the pièce de resistance is the Tank Landing Craft outside – not a replica, the real thing with real tanks on it. If it hadn't been such a cold day we'd have spent more time looking round it, but we soon sought sanctuary in the warmth of the indoor displays.

A Sherman and a Churchill on a cold Landing Craft

10 February 2025

Our affair with a Citroen C3 Aircross was short-lived, in fact it lasted just 5 months. Dil couldn't get on with it and it was a bit of a disappointment after having had two C3s before and enjoyed them. So it's back to Blighty with a Mini (OK, so I do know they're really BMWs these days!) and an automatic at that. We're quickly learning to control that left foot, always having gear shift before this.
And of course, as it's really a BMW, we're now entitled to hog the third lane on a motorway!!

Front …

… and back.

18 & 23 January 2025

The year started as ever with the village pantomime – this year our Cinderella script getting another airing. I played bass in the band (as well as directing and prompting) and Dil was the Fairy Godmother (as well as being responsible for costuming and choreography). It went well (see pictues here) although on the second weekend Cinderella lost her voice completely and had a satnd-in reading her lines from the side of the stage!

Me (with Jo Levy & Zak)

Dil

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