A lovely day in the rain

Torrential down pour in Gravesend today for the start of the Big Seven festival at the Fort Garden's bandstand. The impressively stoic dance school pupils went through their routines in the lashing rain to celebrate the coronation of the Summer Queen, who braved the elements and still kept smiling.

I went to meet Keith Wyncoll who was incredibly helpful and positive. He has lots of experience in producing books that capture local history stories and I learnt about everything from balancing written content and imagery, to the best locations of daguerreotype collections, so that I can study the masters of the medium. He then whisked me up to the Gurdwara and introduced me to lots of friendly and welcoming people, including the new Mayor. We then popped round to meet Satinder Pujji, who is the son of the late Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji the renowned WW2 RAF fighter pilot and I am looking forward to reading the biography of his life.


Gravesend really is such an impressive place. Even in the pouring rain.


Lucy