So one stormy Saturday morning a tree near my house blew down into someone's front garden.  When a neighbour 'phoned the council the lady who answered said that they were a bit busy, so she didn't know when they'd be able to turn up.

About an hour later two lorries rocked up.  In the poring rain they had the tree down, cut into smaller pieces, and in the back of the lorry ready to ship out in about another hour.  They even left a bit of a stump so the kids could still use it as a goalpost.  Makes you wonder how fast they are when they're not busy!

Another early test of my first digital camera - various tricks to try and capture images in the dark, like changing the speed, were new to me.

Celebrating the release of Enigma, the film based on Robert Harris's novel.  He was there signing autographs, and Simon Singh, author of The Code Book, gave a talk about cryptography.

There were a number of people in costume, and there was even a collection of props from the movie scattered around the grounds, including a realistic-looking submarine conning tower sitting in a car park.