First up is an annual celebration, well it has been since 1978. 45 years ago, yes, 45 years, on Monday, September 11th, I boarded the London train from Oxford Station, waved goodbye to a tearful Mother and started a journey that would last 25 years.
On that journey to Deal, 34 sixteen-year-olds gathered and became 3/78 New Entry Troop under the guidance of Drill Leader Sgt Tony 'Pincher' Martin. Despite being a GD Marine, Tony was a Band Service legend and a talented vocalist. An experienced Marine, he had served in several conflict areas of the world, but most of all, he was a wise human being and taught us youngsters how to become Royal Marines. I'm sure 3/78 will raise a glass of something on Monday evening.
After that bit of lamp swinging, now for a bit of bragging. The Rugby World Cup started last night, and in a couple of weeks, we will be making the trip to Lille to catch the England vs. Chile game. I have the feeling that by the time we get to that game, England will already be playing to make the numbers up. I hope I'm proved wrong. We shall be at the England v Samoa and Romania v Tonga games in October. I'm really looking forward to travelling on the Eurostar for the first time.
In between those trips to France, I shall be having a flight somewhere on a rather special plane. I shall have to tell you about that after the event.
I think I worked out that I’m only working twelve days in September and not much more in October. All right for some!
I continue to have my writing targets throughout the month and will always have my MacBook and notebook with me. I will start my fourth week of Morning Pages journalling, which is relaxing and interesting in what it brings up.
Next week, I will review a few apps that I will be using on my travels to aid writing.
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