Disappointing to discover that what has been described as one of the world's largest James Bond collections (apparently mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records) was up for auction at the end of September, and judging from the Omega Auctions results page, there were some bargains to be had. However, all is not lost. As it also says, this was only part 1 of auctioning off a very large collection, and a call to the auction house today revealed that there are several more parts of the sale still to come (and there should be more of everything, including books, to be had). The next part of the auction is expected to be in March, so the key thing is to start keeping an eye out in February for details of lots ...
On my previous return from far away, N took me to the Hyde Hall RHS gardens in Essex and, because it was such a warm and sunny day and we enjoyed ourselves so much (and the jetlag cure seemed to be so successful), we signed up for membership on the spot. Determined to extend the benefit, we toddled off to Wisley today, narrowly avoiding a satnav disaster along the way, but making it into an adventure instead. And, once again, it was glorious. I can see why Mum loved it so much, and I only wish I'd had the chance to enjoy it with her. We had a great visit, mostly contemplating what we will be doing with the couple of Norfolk acres we don't have yet. They are going to be superb. They already are in our imaginations! Saturday in the sunshine was topped off with barbecue organised by J whilst we were out. So, no time for book shopping, so I can but reflect on the charity finds from the week just finished, in amongst which we have a first of V2 to help the Harris firsts collection a...