Deck Day is never complete until the 3D puzzle is complete. Once long ago the puzzlers were determined to finish the 6 ft tall Big Ben puzzle and persisted until it was finished at 2AM. Somewhere there is a photo of the persistent puzzlers, the completed tower, and the grandfather clock in the background with the face showing the time of completion. This time however as Deck Day participants dispersed they boxed up the holographic horror that had been the puzzle this year. One participant however was not satisfied. Our friend Ed, a Deck Day regular took the puzzle home with him and stuck with the project until he finished it. He claims it is one of the early triumphs of his new “retirement”, Thanks, Ed! Now Deck Day is done.
Caligula at Strawberry Hill
The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
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