Bagged two today, spiders that is!
We had a very pleasant week end. Saturday morning we hustled around and cleaned the house and did the wash. After feeding Beth (now 5 months old) at noon we headed for Upwood - an R.A.F. station (base) where they were having an Air Show in Commemoration of Battle of Britain Day. I had never really heard the story of the Battle of Britain and it shocked me into realizing the courage of the British people, especially of those R.A.F. pilots that fought in this battle which lasted for months. The enemy forces were often ten times greater, and yet these pilots just stuck to it and somehow beat the Germans. It's truly amazing. Each year now they have a Battle of Britain Day with bases having open house and usually with an air show. The proceeds go to their benevolent fund. The show they put on at Upwood was fabulous.l They had all sorts of planes - jets, bombers, training planes, helicopters, gliders, and they all participated. Of course there were acrobatics - the likes of which I have never seen. We really enjoyed this.
In the evenings now we have been having a fire in the fireplace. It has be so nice. We usually pull the couch right up in front of it and sit and enjoy the warmth.
Yesterday afternoon we visited the castle where Cromwell lived. It is right in Huntingdon where he was born and raised. We had hoped to get inside, but it seems the man that owns the castle couldn't pay his debts and was taken away. This was the story given us by some children at the gate. How true it was I have no idea, but the castle was closed so we will have to wait I guess - until Mr. so and so pays his debts!
I have finally remembered to mention about the Automobile Club. There are two of them here in England - the Royal Automobile Club and the Automobile Association. For next to nothing they chart trips, make reservations, take care of your insurance and have free legal services when needed, plus maintain oodles of telephone boxes along the main routes to call from in case of trouble. Each member gets his own little key to open these booths. But what gets me, they have their little men travelling around the country - all in uniform with crash helmets on motorcycles with a side car. you see them all over and when they spot an A.A. emblem (which we have) they salute you. It amuses me each time it happens. Their courtesy and unending aid is well known, and I saw a cartoon in PUNCH the other day where a woman had veered way over to one side of the road on a turn and sideswiped one of those poor little A.A. men - and there he was bruised, tattered and torn - fixing hr car for her as she was an A.A. member.
Beth is really a sketch. I jut looked at her and she gave me the widest grin with her two little lower teeth showing. She is so precious, but I'm afraid she is going to be a little minx. She has learned to blow out now and just loves to do it all the time - especially with food in her mouth. And I swear she is going to climb out of her bassinette shortly. She gets way up on her hands and knees with her little head way up over the side taking everything in. We have cut out her eleven o'clock bottle, and she has been sleeping through much to our pleasure, as we can get to bed a bit earlier now.
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