Weather so nice yesterday that I took myself for a pootle over to Highcliffe. Car parks too busy to get out of the car at the Castle and the Crows Nest, so pootled home again via Lyndhurst as the Ringwood to Salisbury road (usual route back – beautiful road) is closed for roadworks all month. Drove past a pub called the ‘Empress of Blandings’ just north of Cadnam, which put a silly grin on my face! Actually drove past the turning for the Worthys after Winchester, but it seemed impolite to turn up uninvited – though I’m sure they would have welcomed be graciously.
Your 1950’s ‘Vauxhall planets’ instantly led me to spaceships doing the ‘Cresta run’. The Velox definitely sound a bit Star Trekky. I must just be in that frame of mind today. 🙂