Jersey

It was C's birthday so I decided to book her a suprise trip to Jersey. It was 'liberation' weekend - unfortunately I'd not done enough mental calculations to realise that it was the 60th aniversary of VE day and the fact that the islands was once occupied by Hitlers goons may be somewhat of a cause for celebration amongst the islanders (even though there seemed to be more Irish accents than any others kicking around).

The Queen decided to turn up for the even too - we managed to catch a glimse of her driving past waving regally.

There was much fun to be had - food and drink stalls, a parade of WWII vehicles, the red arrows doing ariel displays, ex-service men displaying their medals, 21 gun salutes, overly apparent M15 operatives walking around, drunken sailors, etc.

Not really what I'd expected but it was fun all the same even though I'm not overly a Royalist. Still we might be better off with a Monarchy than the Banana Republic Democracy we currently have, at least a Monarch should be able to plan for the future of the country rather than the short sighted 5 year plans of politicians. On the other hand getting rid of a Monarch is somewhat more bloody and difficult (not that I wouldn't like to string the politicians up). You get the same problems though - their more concerned with their own comforts and lifestyle.

Anyhow the weather was gorgeous but the cooling breeze disguise the evil solar radiation - I'm now somewhat overcooked!!!