National Portrait Gallery

Legend at the Royal Albert Hall

DeLorean

Great Scott, this was an amazing show! And who doesn’t want a car with a flux capacitor in it.

Villandry

This is a chateau set in the most amazing formal gardens, including the most beautiful vegetable gardens and a maze. We wandered around the gardens very happily here.

Distillerie Combier

I’ve always thought of triple sec as just the orange stuff you put in cocktails, but this distillery produces a really delicious one along with an array of syrups and liqueurs in more flavours than I knew existed.

Le Comptoir Des Vins

After a fascinating visit to Fontevraud Abbey we wanted a little lunch. This place provided, with real vinyl as the background music (and a fascinating selection of that).

Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society

One of my birthday presents was membership of this society, which included a lovely handwritten letter from the organiser. Now just to find the time to get my pen and paper out.

Hadestown

This was a show we went to to celebrate somebody else’s birthday. It really was a fantastic evening out.

Fairport’s Cropredy Convention

I love this festival which is a very special part of August for us. So this limited edition and beautiful leather badge is absolutely wonderful.

Roger Dean Dragon

It’s not uncommon for people to buy me presents from Cropredy festival. This one though is pretty special, coming from the Roger Dean stall (Yes, he of the amazing artwork, pun intended). And I do absolutely love dragons.

Morgan Owners Club

You have to love a good car club.

Natural History Museum

I miss the dinosaur from my childhood of course, but the whale skeleton was impressive.