{"id":9062,"date":"2023-07-02T22:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=9062"},"modified":"2023-07-02T22:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T20:35:51","slug":"bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Bletsoe Garden F\u00eate in an Aston Martin DB2\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bletsoe Garden F\u00eate is just one event on Mick Hart\u2019s enviable social calendar. This year he put away his bicycle clips and went by Aston Martin instead.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2 July 2023 ~ Bletsoe Garden F\u00eate in an Aston Martin DB2\/4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Among the high-quality merchandise that I am disposing of at present, I happened upon a box full of the 1960s\u2019 educational comic for children <em>Look and Learn<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"849\" data-attachment-id=\"9063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/look-learn-z\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?fit=900%2C1223&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1223\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1687524253&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Look &amp;#038; Learn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?fit=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?fit=625%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=625%2C849&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=754%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 754w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=768%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=624%2C848&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=26%2C36&amp;ssl=1 26w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?resize=35%2C48&amp;ssl=1 35w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-Learn-z.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Opening the pages of these august volumes, I was treated to a compendium of educational articles, some features, others comic strip but all superbly illustrated and all reminding me of the way we were when England was really England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The content of the magazines reflected the educational ethos of the time, presenting informative articles of a historic, scientific, cultural and practical nature. The scope of the subject matter was world-wide but the emphasis was squarely placed on inculcating the young into appreciating the unrivalled part that England played in the evolution of the civilised world. Topics ranged from famous English people to national passtimes to traditional British games to great events in British history, so that it was impossible not to come away from the magazine instilled and inspirited with a patriotic sense of pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was at that moment that a modern-day version of <em>Look and Learn <\/em>insinuated itself into my unguarded imagination. There it was saturated with Black Lives Matter, the joys of immigration, LGBTQ+ZX!!&amp;\u00a3\u00a3\u00a3, Radio Zelensky, how to adapt your broom cupboard to house an economic migrant,  and how to get out of Brexit free. It was also spattered with lots of adverts, just like those we see on TV, which show people from far flung places acting and talking like cloned English persons eating roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with lashings of Bisto gravy. Ahh Bisto. Ahh Bullshit. I\u2019ve always been a green bananas and bread-fruit man myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"837\" data-attachment-id=\"9064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/cricket-in-england-look-learn-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?fit=896%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cricket in England Look &amp;#038; Learn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?fit=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?fit=625%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=625%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cricket in England a fine tradition\" class=\"wp-image-9064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=765%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1029&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=624%2C836&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cricket-in-England-Look-Learn-min.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bread fruit are marvellous. It occurs to me that they are the humane steam-powered alternative to &nbsp;Scotland&#8217;s McSporan haggis. I like them, which is more than I can say for cricket. I have never liked cricket, correction, I never liked playing cricket, but whenever I take a turn through the English countryside in the midst of summer the sight of men dressed in their cricketing whites and the sound of leather on willow is most inspiring. BDSM aside, (it\u2019s always gone on in English villages) another revered and quite frankly reassuring English tradition has to be the garden f\u00eate, or garden fetty, as my wife liked to call them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now that summer is here and the nights are growing whiter, as in gentlemen in their cricketing whites, it is difficult to decide which is the most exciting: men stumping their middle wickets or England&#8217;s profusion of garden f\u00eates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt\u2019s come to something,\u201d said my brother, \u201cwhen all we\u2019ve got to get excited about is the local village garden f\u00eate. But this is unfair, if not true. It\u2019s when your calendar has a string of garden f\u00eates on it and nothing else that you should be worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Anyway, not that we have a list of local garden f\u00eates you understand, but our first f\u00eate this year was Bletsoe, to which we would be going in style. My brother had changed his socks, and I had my Russian hat on. Oh yes, and we were also going there in a vintage 1954 classic Aston Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now, to look at this Aston Martin you might think, \u2018Look at the state of that!!\u2019, or you could, as I overheard some chaps saying when we arrived at Bletsoe Garden F\u00eate, \u201cYou don\u2019t see many DB2\/4s in original condition.\u201d To repaint or not to repaint, that is the \u00a3\u00a3\u00a3\u00a3 question?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"9084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/aston-martin-blurred\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1686428237&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Aston-Martin-blurred\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9084 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aston-Martin-blurred.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Aston Martin DB2\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\">The Aston Martin DB2\/4 was produced from 1953-1957. The model shown here is a a four-seater drophead coup\u00e9, The engine is a Lagonda straight-6, 2.9 L, providing the vehicle with 140hp and a top speed of 120mph [193km\/h]. A DB2\/4 Mk I drophead coup\u00e9 featured in Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s 1963 film <em>The Birds<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\">The Aston shown here is one of the few to have survived in its original untouched condition. Most Aston connoisseurs argue that the vehicle should not be resprayed but left as it is. The engine has been rebuilt.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Having videoed our trip to the f\u00eate from the inside of the Aston, we stopped out front Bletsoe Church to allow Martin to blow a hole through the wall of his wallet and steal a fiver for the entrance fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This difficult operation accomplished, but not without some groaning and sighing, we pulled up at the entrance to the field where a young lady asked us, \u201cAre you exhibiting?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe\u2019re not,\u201d replied brother Joss, \u201cbut he is (pointing to Martin]. He\u2019s got no trousers on?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The fact that we were exhibiting but still had to pay an entrance fee was a bit rich in my opinion, even if the money was going to a good cause \u2014 the vicar\u2019s holiday in St Tropez. But I put it down to the mercenary sign of the times and quickly blamed it on Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The man who took the fiver off us was not the girl on the gate, well who knows what gender anyone is in England nowadays? The fiver took, someone then told us that if we headed in that direction towards the field, someone\u2019s wife will be there to show you where to park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Another someone said, mention no names, \u201cI bet she isn\u2019t, she\u2019s most likely behind the hedge in the arms of another man!&#8221; [That comment loses something in translation, but this is a family blog.] Anyway, there was no one there when we got there, or where we thought we ought to be, so we parked up and jumped out. Actually, we struggled out accompanied by lots of geriatric groans and \u2018oo-ahhh!\u2019 noises. Aston Martin DB2\/4s are certainly young men\u2019s cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"9065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/early-zodiac-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?fit=1920%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Early Zodiac\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Early-Zodiac-min.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We hadn\u2019t been there more than five minutes rubbing Fiery Jack into our joints when three more young men arrived, all driving early 1960s\u2019 Ford <em>Zodiacs<\/em>. I liked the model that starred in the old 60s\u2019 TV series <em>Z Cars<\/em>. It was, reputedly, the first 100mph car on the road. That taught the crooks! It did, they all went out and got Jags. As for the pink-outside, pink-inside job (see photo), well what can you possibly say? The owner-driver had even taken the trouble to ensure that the 1960s\u2019 music seemingly coming from the car\u2019s original radio only played hits up to the time that the car was produced and no later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/pink-zodiac-front-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?fit=1920%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-front-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, 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data-orig-size=\"1920,1219\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pink Zodiac\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?fit=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?fit=625%2C397&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=625%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pink Ford Zodiac Bletsoe Garden F\u00eate\" class=\"wp-image-9067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C650&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=1536%2C975&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=624%2C396&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=24%2C15&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=36%2C23&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?resize=48%2C30&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pink-Zodiac-min.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Once the circulation had come back, we began to circulate. There were a number of stalls in the offing and the first we visited was one that was selling vintage clothes. Nothing they stocked caught my eye and the clothes that caught my brother\u2019s also got caught around his stomach, so we had to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sitting next to the clothes stall was a man surrounded by treen (look it up!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cDid you make it all yourself?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cYes,\u201d he replied, \u201cI\u2019ve always been good with my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The wife of the man whom he said would be there was nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Today would be a day when I would meet people that I had not seen for some time ~ those who thought of coronavirus have an awful lot to answer for. The problem was that they all seemed to be faces with no names. You know the situation: \u201cHello, how are you, er \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cYes, I\u2019m alright. How are you, er \u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAre you still \u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cYes, I am. Are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cTo the best of my ability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cHow\u2019s your wife?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI haven\u2019t got one, but I\u2019ve got somebody else\u2019s \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Wherever was that car-parking woman?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cHow\u2019s yours \u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cMine&#8217;s all right, how&#8217;s yours &#8230;?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWell, its\u2019 been nice speaking to you, er \u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cYou too, er \u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Exit stage left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWho on Earth was that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Others, however, were indelibly impressed on my memory, and it was very good to see them. (Their names have been withheld in order to protect our senility.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After I had had my Pims, Joss his coffee and Martin all the sandwiches, we took a photographic stroll around the pre-war and wartime vehicles. And what an outstanding collection there was! Among them I made a bittersweet discovery: the presence of a Daimler the precursor of the Lanchester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">My friend had a Lanchester. Back in the 1970s, we teenagers used to pub crawl in it. He sold it eventually for 70 quid, and all I\u2019ve got left is the ashtray. If only he had known then what I knew then and never fail to mention every time I see him now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"837\" data-attachment-id=\"9068\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/daimler-front-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-front-min.jpg?fit=896%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Daimler fronr view\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-front-min.jpg?fit=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-front-min.jpg?fit=625%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-front-min.jpg?resize=625%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vintage Daimler\" class=\"wp-image-9068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-front-min.jpg?resize=765%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-front-min.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-front-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1029&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/daimler-back-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?fit=1920%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Daimler back\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daimler back view\" class=\"wp-image-9069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Daimler-back-min.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">My brother Joss is on a salad diet. He\u2019s currently eating about 3cwt of lettuce a day, which is probably why he could not resist buying a big sticky chocolate fudge cake from the cheap produce stall. He also found some moisturising cream, which he said was orgasmic ~ I think he meant \u2018organic\u2019 ~ but we passed on that all the same, preferring to invest instead in the guarantee of a good dawn chorus \u2014  four cheap cans of Heinz Baked Beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"837\" data-attachment-id=\"9070\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/george-atkiuns-front-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?fit=896%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"George Atkiuns front\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?fit=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?fit=625%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=625%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"George Atkins vintage van\" class=\"wp-image-9070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=765%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1029&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=624%2C836&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/George-Atkiuns-front-min.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"9071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/mick-red-rolls-royce-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?fit=1920%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mick &amp;#038; Red Rolls Royce-min\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mick Hart with Red Rolls Royce at Bletsoe\" class=\"wp-image-9071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mick-Red-Rolls-Royce-min.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was now time for Martin to buy me a drink. He was heading for the \u2018bar\u2019 quite nonchalantly when someone mentioned that it was his round and into the grass went his hooves like a donkey. Martin\u2019s wallet is such a hard nut to crack that even the Hatton Garden Mob would think twice before attempting it. Eventually, however, he did cough up, but the experience was so traumatic that he collapsed rigid and spluttering onto a bale. Either his wallet was in dire need of Anusol or perhaps he was clenching it safe between his cheeks.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/martin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?fit=842%2C1278&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"842,1278\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1688322098&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Martin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?fit=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?fit=625%2C948&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?resize=305%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Martin T at Bletsoe\" class=\"wp-image-9085\" width=\"305\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?resize=8%2C12&amp;ssl=1 8w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?resize=16%2C24&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?resize=24%2C36&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?resize=32%2C48&amp;ssl=1 32w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Martin.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=305%2C461&amp;ssl=1 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We stayed where we were for the rest of the event, watching dugs catch biscuits. Joss\u2019s diet had got to him so badly that he was down there on all fours hoping a biscuit might come his way. We told him he was barking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The next garden f\u00eate on the list ~ not that we have got a list, you understand ~ Ha! Ha! just talking metaphorically, is Milton Ernest. Did you know that the famous American big band leader Glenn Miller was billeted at Milton Ernest for a while during the war? He took his last fateful flight from nearby Twinwood Airfield. Both he and his list of garden f\u00eates were never seen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"837\" data-attachment-id=\"9073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bletsoe-garden-fete-in-an-aston-martin-db2-4\/bond-bug-front-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?fit=896%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bond Bug front\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?fit=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?fit=625%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=625%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bond Buk\" class=\"wp-image-9073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=765%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1029&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=624%2C836&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bond-Bug-front-min.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some other posts<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/reg-gets-his-wheel-nuts-out-at-sywell-aerodrome\/\" title=\"Reg Gets His Wheel Nuts Out at Sywell Aerodrome\n\">Reg Gets His Wheel Nuts Out at Sywell Aerodrome<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/kaliningrad-german-helmet-in-all-its-steampunk-glory\/\" title=\"Kaliningrad German Helmet in all its Steampunk Glory\">Kaliningrad German Helmet in all its Steampunk Glory<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/fort-xi-kaliningrad-hosts-retro-car-club-day\/\" title=\"Fort XI Kaliningrad Hosts Retro Car Club Day\">Fort XI Kaliningrad Hosts Retro Car Club Day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/reg-gets-his-wheel-nuts-out-at-sywell-aerodrome\/\" title=\"Reg Gets His Wheel Nuts Out at Sywell Aerodrome\n\"><br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bletsoe Garden F\u00eate is just one event on Mick Hart\u2019s enviable social calendar. This year he put away his bicycle clips and went by Aston Martin instead. 2 July 2023 ~ Bletsoe Garden F\u00eate in an Aston Martin DB2\/4 Among the high-quality merchandise that I am disposing of at present, I happened upon a box [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2104,6],"tags":[2182,2180,2185,141,2184],"class_list":["post-9062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mick-harts-diary-2023","category-kaliningrad-mick-harts-diary","tag-aston-martin-db2-4","tag-bletsoe-garden-fete","tag-expatkalingrad","tag-mick-harts-diary-2","tag-vintage-cars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9291,"url":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/dean-village-show-the-last-of-the-summer-wine\/","url_meta":{"origin":9062,"position":0},"title":"Dean Village Show the Last of the Summer Wine","author":"Captain Codpiece","date":"23 \u0441\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Not in Notting Hill ~ Thank Heavens! 23 September 2023 ~ Dean Village Show the Last of the Summer Wine Whilst London\u2019s Notting Hill Carnival, which should have been banned years ago, was erupting into its usual frenzy of violence, with, as the Daily Mail* depicted, odious-looking behoodied things running\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Diary 2023&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diary 2023","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/category\/kaliningrad-mick-harts-diary\/mick-harts-diary-2023\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Joss Hart driving Aston Martin DB2\/4","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Aston-Mirror-Joss-min.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Aston-Mirror-Joss-min.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Aston-Mirror-Joss-min.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Aston-Mirror-Joss-min.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2828,"url":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/2020-memories-are-made-of-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":9062,"position":1},"title":"2020 Memories are made of this","author":"Captain Codpiece","date":"31 \u0434\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0431\u0440\u044f, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 292 [31 December 2020]or Goodbye 2020, if I never see you again will it be too soon? Published: 31 December 2020 ~ 2020 Memories are made of this The End is Nigh! Well, you would think so from the aggregated hype bubbling furiously over the\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Diary 2019\/2020&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diary 2019\/2020","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/category\/kaliningrad-mick-harts-diary\/diary-2019-2020\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Happy 2021 from Zelenogradsk Russia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-New-Year-FROM-ZELENOGRADSK-russia-2021.png?fit=554%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-New-Year-FROM-ZELENOGRADSK-russia-2021.png?fit=554%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Happy-New-Year-FROM-ZELENOGRADSK-russia-2021.png?fit=554%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4569,"url":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/a-memorial-garden-for-victor-ryabinin\/","url_meta":{"origin":9062,"position":2},"title":"A Memorial Garden for Victor Ryabinin","author":"Captain Codpiece","date":"30 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Pushing the boat out Published: 30 August 2021 ~ A Memorial Garden for Victor Ryabinin The idea to create our own, modest memorial garden to Victor Ryabinin came to us when we were deliberating on what name to give to the dacha. 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