Hang on a minute. September? Already? Where the hell’s the year gone! Considering most of 2020 has been cancelled the time has flown by – it doesn’t seem like yesterday since we were staring lockdown in the face, now we’re just a few weeks away from autumn.

To be honest, my day’s flown by. I’ve continued working on the house, replacing a rotten weatherboard at the rear of the cottage and getting the place ready for the change of seasons. I’ve also been busy online, loading my next batch of old slides, railway badges and memoribilia for sale on to eBay. Here’s a sample. It won’t mean much to people who aren’t interested in railways, but those who are will know how rare an image of a Virgin Voyager at St Pancras is…

OK, that *isn’t* the picture of the day. This is – although I’m hoping the winter won’t be similar. I took this shot by Copenhagen Central station on the 28th December 2001.

At that time Lynn and I were regular visitors to Denmark as many years before we’d met Didi and her daughter Amalia, in Bali. We’d become firm friends and we’d regularly see each other. Either we’d go to Copenhagen or Didi would come over to stay with us in London. One memorable year we spent Christmas with Didi’s extended family out in Hunsland. Sadly, Didi died of throat cancer in 2005 and Amalia moved to Sweden with her partner and their children. I’ve not been back since Didi’s funeral, which was an amazing event as she was a well-known personality in Denmark. It wouldn’t be the same now without that wonderful community in Christianshavn. I just feel lucky to have been part of those times and treasure the memories. So, here they are. Lynn (left) and Didi (right) that Christmas in Hunsland in 2004. Rest in peace, the pair of you…

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