Burke's Peerage and Gentry

If anyone reading this Blog is signed up to Burke's Peerage and Gentry, then I would love to see a copy of the full text assigned to my name, so that I can check it over and let them know if any of the details are wrong. You can contact me via rba@hotmail.co.uk

:-)

Happy Days

Today as also been a 'Happy Day', the unseasonal hot weather is a delight. I have managed to cut the grass, weed the paths, oil the garden furniture, do some DIY in the shade, and pop off into town to stroll the length of the promenade before reading a few more chapters of Zulu Rising. This time it was in Costa and not Cafe Nero, because of course I am now back in Aberystwyth.

It was also 'Happy Days' when I happened to stumble across my entry in Burke's Peerage and Gentry. If I could afford the fees, then I would sign up and check the accuracy of what is written under my name. Although the opening segment that appeared in a Google search seems pretty accurate to me:

ROGER BENNETT [Roger Bennett Esq, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, Ceredigion County Command, Trefechan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1BE, Wales]; born Swansea; educated U of Centl Lancs; firefighter Gwent Fire Bde 1978–89, Community Fire Safety Offr ...

Happy Days indeed; sunshine, health, good coffee, a great book, and fame at last.

Zulu Rising

I have read over 200 pages of Ian Knights astonishing book. I have previously read Great Zulu Commanders, and Great Zulu Battles and truly believed that Ian Knight could not produce a combined book that would be as fresh as the first of my two reads; I was wrong. I am gripped by the storytelling, and have enjoyed a few pages each day in Cafe Nero on Duke Street, Cardiff after my physical toil on our flat. The staff are lovely and would be worthy winners of a Coffee Shop of the Year Award. It has been an enjoyable experience popping into 'Nero' each day, but of course, the hard work on the flat has meant that I have been unable to press home the reading.

Plus of course there has been a gap in the Blogging while I lived in Cardiff for the last 9 or so days. 'Happy Days' as one of the 'Nero' staff would say!