Remembrance Sunday

A bright but cold day today.  I decided to attend the Remembrance Day service at West Dean this morning instead of Winterslow.  The service was conducted by the churchwarden, Alan, who as an ex-Naval officer led the service with great dignity and gravitas. We stood for the two minute silence around the war memorial in the Churchyard where I discovered that two of the names remembered from the village both died on HMS Hood when that ship exploded in its battle against  Bismarck.  Quite a story.  We departed quietly with no refreshments afterwards.  I called on Sophie briefly and had a coffee with her.  This afternoon I went into Andover for some shopping from Tesco and also to deposit all the padding and protective covering from our new sofa bed at the recycling station.  With James incapacitated with his leg and wrist in plaster, Thom took his place in the "Last of the Summer Wine" pub quiz team at the Lion's Head.  For the first time in a year, we failed to win - coming a poor second it has to be confessed.  Mick Gong had set the questions which were heavily biased towards a good knowledge of popular music and groups - boy bands, girl bands etc.  We were lucky to come second.  James might have added a few extra points - especially with the anagrams - but I still we would not have won.