See what I mean?
Drove over to Lavenham to have lunch with friends John and Margaret. Took Margaret a bunch of gladioli. Had excellent lunch- gammon with parsley sauce, potatoes, carrots, and runner beans, all grown by John I think, bar the gammon (and possibly the parsley sauce, although I think he grew the parsley to make it). This was followed by an apple and plum tart, then locally grown figs roasted with maple syrup and chopped walnuts. We then had a cheese board and coffee. John then showed me a flintlock pistol which is giving problems (he is a retired antique dealer). We took the lock apart, using (literally) kitchen table surgery, whilst the ladies withdrew to the withdrawing room. For want of a mainspring cramp I have brought the lock home with me to try and fix it.
John has always had an interest in armour, mail armour in particular, and is at present deeply involved in making a piece of Japanese chain mail (tautology there, I'm afraid). This is of particular interest as the pattern of Japanese mail is different from ours, smaller links, and in this case, small bars as well. All this took a while, in fact we rather lost track of time, until Margaret came in with a tray of tea just after four. We left at around five, feeling we'd had a nice day off.
5 comments:
Are those the antlers that were taken at Horner?
Any idea when, Mike?
PS have you had any e-mails from me recently regarding the Dalton Link?
September the 18th, 1914. They found below Horner farm, and the stag, a royal of 13 points, was taken at Sea Bossington.
Yes, sorry, a few weeks ago now. But did you know that John Bishop, who married Bobby Clayton, did a Dalton Family tree about thirty years ago? They moved from Upwell to Welney in 1758 (?), but he was able to trace them back in Upwell to Henry VIII' s reign in the early 1500s.
I like the hair cut!
P.s. Lock fixed and working that evening.
P.s. With reference to comment 2, I have recently found that the Dalton family tree produced by John Bishop was in fact written some years before by Dickie Dalton and re used by John Bishop.
Give credit WHERE it's due.
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