I enjoy the odd little thing that suddenly sparks a memory of something that though not entirely forgotten …..is just not remembered enough.
“ A place “ is what Pat said on Wheel of Fortune tonight as Vanna strutted up to mark the clues
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And rare as this might be I had the answer spring to mind in an instant. That place was Windsor Castle. Windsor is a very special gem that lies just a little South West of London and I can’t remember all of my memories of it as there are that many.
One December I flew in to spend a Christmas in London and the Heathrow Airport bound TWA 727 banked low over Windsor to treat us all to the rare vision of Windsor Castle blanketed in snow just as the sun was passing the horizon. I have those many memories of Windsor as I‘ve visited it on by far more times than an average tourist can boast…but that was special.
My Uncle served as a soldier there as well…it being one of Her Majesty’s residences and at the time he being a member of the “Queens Horse Guard”
The place is bathed in history in a country bathed in history and if I may I would like to add another not so known piece to it right here and now…..
Just Google “Windsor Castle” and you’ll likely come to a photo or two of the famous “Long Walk” leading up to the back side of the castle. As you look at that long expanse leading up to that famous and beautiful monument to past and present I’d like you to know a special unknown factoid of it. My Uncles first born child….my cousin Kim came to be and was born right there on the famous “Long Walk” of Windsor one special day in 1957,her mother being unable to make the hospital in time .
It’s quite possible that over all those hundreds of years of history ….no one else has been able to make that same claim.
Thank you Pat and Vanna….for that odd little thing that sparked a memory….and Happy Birthday Kim.
