Hello, 

After another busy week and weekend, have finally sat down and the film Darkest Hour is on.

Such a good film, one that is easily watchable more than once !

I must say I have more and more respect for the people that do the casting for films, when they hit it right, their choice of actors for roles is very impressionable.

The right choice then leaves an actor call on their experience to bring the character they are playing to life, in what they must hope to be a memorable performance for the viewers.

Darkest Hour is one of “those” films.

I can recall other performances, but I always have difficulty remembering what the film is called !

I hadn’t appreciated until recently just how much of a part our immediate area played in the preparations for the D Day landings, they practiced the parachute jumping a mile down the road, and Membury airfield was also enlisted for important roles. 

So this week we skip towards the end of August and the last Bank Holiday of the year, I guess folk will be busy attending the many events that will be held as we start to put summer to bed, although we are being threatened with another heatwave!

I guess we are practiced at them to be able to cope with another one.

I am liking the chillier nights and mornings, a nice way to end and start the day.

Don’t forget there will be no menu running the first weekend in September.

Have a good week, 

Best wishes,

Nick & Karen