Looking at my diary, I've had a very busy month. Having previously decided to retire from private flying, I never-the-less attended the Military Civil Aviation Safety Day at RAF Halton. It proved to be most informative though I was reminded just how cold and draughty an RAF hangar can be ! The following day (again don't forget I've retired from flying) I visited an aviation importer to look at an aircraft type - very, very interesting !
I've had two days in court this month and also attended my annual continuation training.
Perhaps most significant was my annual attendance, as a JP, of Bristol's Remembrance ceremony. This year's was somewhat different than previously. It would normally take place around the cenotaph in Colston Avenue but the area is currently undergoing significant building works. A new venue was thus arranged in Queen Square. This proved to be most suitable.
Picture Bristol Post
2016 has also been the year when we remember the WW1 battle of the Somme. Bristol hosted an extraordinary art installation comprising 19,420 figurines, each in a burial shroud, which had been laid out on College Green and signified the number that died on just the first day of the battle. I can only describe the sight as deeply moving.
Picture Matt Cardy/Getty
This months saying was especially easy to choose:
Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?
Terry Pratchett
Keep well, and remember, YOLO
Stephen
