Last Friday was Good Friday, in the past few years i have usually gone off on an overnight trip down to Surrey or Berkshire, but this year i just spent the day exploring railway stations in the Greater Manchester area. I ended up ticking off seven stations including Stockport, and also the superbly named Flowery Field (though i did not see any sign of such field or any flowers). Maybe it is just a bit early?
A young man is handed a package by a strange woman in the London fog. Soon, he finds himself accused of killing the woman's father and being involved in a larger conspiracy. Of course he is innocent and the real criminals are an organised gang. Can detective Menzies sort things out and find out what is really going on?
This is a solid police procedural, it might be a little dated (being written during the First World War) and has a little bit too much of an international flavour with some American characters in old London town (some with rather ridiculous names). However, it's a solid enough read without being too memorable.
So, i probably read these stories in the comic as i was a weekly reader back then though i don't really remember them. But it was a long time ago.
This is a good collection of stories, the Kids were on top form. Unlike their exam results of course.
A few years ago (during the Covid lock down in fact) i built a second raised bed in the garden and planted a small collection of shrubs in it. A few of the shrubs have thrived though some have died so i have decided to try and reboot the shrubbery this year. Earlier, i bought two new shrubs and planted them. Since the photograph i have also cut back the dead parts of the shrubs already there to tidy things up. I think there is space for one more.
At the weekend i headed up to the RAF Museum at Cosford in Shropshire. It isn't that far away but, judging from my previous photo albums on Flickr, i seem to go every six years. So, back here in 2032 then!
Cosford is a great museum, i was able to update my photography of a lot of aircraft, many will be featured in the new British Aeroplanes section of my website. You can see my photos here.
The story continues the one begun in part 1, which involved a mysterious Indian living god launching an electrical attack on the Brussels Universal Exposition. In part 2 our heroes travel to Antarctica to track down the source of the attacks. If you like secret bases at the South Pole and mysterious retro-future technology then you will be sure to love this. It is packed full of action and weird science...
The best part of the story though, to me, is the backstory these two volumes have provided to Professor Mortimer. Part 1 showed us some of his adventures in India as a young man and this all comes to a conclusion here where his past and present collide.