Here's the first, of Colchester Castle Park during this year's Medieval Festival:
This year we had grass to walk on instead of the usual mud, which was more convivial even though it was baking hot (it took place on the day I bussed it to Heathrow). Quite why so many people running stalls in a Medieval Festival seem to sport tattoos, piercings and charcoal eyeshadow isn't apparent, but hey, if they sell rhubarb-flavoured fudge I'm not complaining.
Next up, here's a picture of a shelf in Sainsbury's:
Those are jars of Barry Norman's Pickled Onions. They are standing where, for the previous ten years, there used to stand Baxter's Crinkle-Cut Beetroot. I like Baxter's Crinkle-Cut Beetroot, but Sainsbury's have suddenly stopped stocking it. First they stopped stocking my elder daughter's Del Monte Orange Juice, then they stopped stocking my younger daughter's Robinson's High-Juice Orange Squash, then they stopped stocking my wife's Ocean Spray Cranberry and Blueberru Juice, and now they've stopped stocking my Baxter's Crinkle-Cut Beetroot. They don't have any Baxter's Straight-Cut Beetroot either, just their own brand plus Hayward's, neither of which have the same bite that Baxter's Crinkle-Cut Beetroot has. Obviously, the demand for pickled onions endorsed by celebrity film critics is too strong for them to resist. Curse their damned hides!
Finally, here's a bin lorry in Colchester:
Who knew bin lorries had personalised number plates?