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Hail Mary
This little wooden statue was a proud possession of my mums. Given to her by Father Joseph Cummins on his return from missionary in Upper Volta. the country changed its name on 4 August 1984, from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, which means "Land of Incorruptible People" Joe was a funny old character, I went to his ordination in Addiscombe, also visited him when he was training to be a priest and was surprised he owned a shotgun! Joe visited Sue and I at our Manner Close house and also owned my brother John's BSA 250 - the famous Tory Canyon - before him. Anyway, mum loved this little statue and I do too.
Father Joe standing next to Vera who used to work in the naughty knickers shop in the Whitgift Centre, Croydon.
Concordski
Well, I seem to be getting in the habit of looking out for odd aviation-themed items and so was happy to get my hands on this little gem. The TU144 was a Russian competitor to the Concorde. A supersonic passenger aircraft although it didn't have quite such a successful career as the European jet. Of the 17 aircraft built, two crashed and only two went into passenger service. Between them, they flew a grand total of 55 passenger flights. This letter was onboard the first of those passenger-carrying flights, on the 1st of November 1977, between Moscow and Alma-Ata.
You can see the flight and my little envelope take off in this YouTube clip
Rocket mail
What's this? An envelop delivered by Rocket? That's right up my street and a no brainer addition to my increasingly eclectic stamp collection. find out more about his remarkable piece of paper here on Wikipedia and this great blog by the Scotsman
Geoffrey
With Geoff in Kennebunkport
Geoffrey just after he'd left the safety of being my lodger, newly arrived on the island of Bermuda.
Ship of the desert
One of two memorable camel encounters. This was on one of my short trips to India. In Rajasthan, we stopped at this beautiful hotel. It was one of the Heritage collection we'd been staying in, which were old Maharaja palaces, rich in history and full of character. In the evening they arranged this trip which involved a camel with a trailer upon which was a mattress on. We laid down, staring up at the stars while the dromedary towed us into the desert where we stopped for tea. A magical experience.
The second camel encounter was during our Red Sea dive holiday. We went out into the Sinai Desert on a really touristy evening trip. I should have hated everything about this but I loved it. Sitting by a fire, in the peaceful desert, then they made us ride the wretched things
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