Aristocracy

Turns out that I have a family crest and motto!

Surnames were not used in Britain until the 11th Century and there are records of Matthews back to about 1260. There seems to be some dispute about whether the name is properly spelt with 1 or 2 Ts, but there is some support for the idea that 2-T Matthews comes from Wales in the family motto:

Y FFYNNO DUW Y FYDD
(What God willeth shall be.)

MECCANO AT SKEGNESS

Well, we had the joy of bumping into some of the Meccano aficionados who were eating and drinking at a hotel we visited. It was quite interesting watching one of them force his presence onto another group. I don't want to say these folk were anoraks, but they did make train-spotters look like interesting people!

Otherwise some mixed weather...

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Can't stop laughing! Just look at the comment left on the previous post!

(If you don't have Meccano wherever you are, look at the link.)

Wow, I'm so excited now I can't wait to be there! (For those who don't have irony where they live, the OED defines it as A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used; usually taking the form of sarcasm or ridicule in which laudatory expressions are used to imply condemnation or contempt)

SKEGNESS!

This weekend we're going to visit my sister in Skegness. This is the place where my family took the vast majority of its holidays ( think my parents went every year from about 1957 - 1987).

You have to wonder about a holiday resort when the best strapline they can invent is Skegness is so bracing! The poster above shows their logo (note the sou'wester)!

Skegness is famous for:
1: it's winds.
2. ?