Curly's Capers

Amongst the verbiage and general literary debris , in yesterday's " Telegraph "  (22 /09 /'17 ) was this interesting and almost unbelievable article.  There were ( writes  Nigel Rees  ) in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics, no baby Nigels born in England and Wales. That appears astonishing , especially as Mr Rees points there was one thousand 'Jaxons. ' Who? This led me thinking and I had to admit, that of personal acquaintance, I could only remember two; one a friend from home and one I knew at college. That, being so I suppose if you are Nigel Havers; Kennedy; Mansell; Planer and Clough then you are in a select group indeed. In tribute, may I remind you of XTC's record " Making Plans For Nigel." Nigel It's time to come out of the cold, we love you Nige  really! 👶👶👶👶👶👶👶 You may have realised by now, my favourite race in the Cheltenham National Hunt Racing Festival is the Champion H...

Last Saturday  (9/9/'17) the  penultimate stage of the " Tour of Britain "  cycle race ended  in Cheltenham. Naturally I came along for ' the bun fight ' The race was due to end at about three thirty in the afternoon in the Promenade, so I arrived at two twenty.  At this time I was greeted with a cloud burst. Luckily it soon cleared up. Here is my race view. looking from the 'top' of the Prom downwards. Soon everyone was straining for a view . You can see the green finishing arch in the background. I  look a video of the finish, but with the speed of the  cycles it was less than satisfactory Here are some volunteers waiting for the 'stragglers. '  Here is the reception outside the Queen's Hotel. Note in the bottom photo I did actually  ' catch ' a real live race cyclist. Making my way home, I did  at least spot this 'cycle ' 😩😩😩😩 Ambitio...