As one who remembers watching the 1952 coronation on somebody else's tiny black and white television I could but marvel at Sunday May 6th in our very own living room. Because of the room's size we have a ginormous telly in there. Not only that, it is a Smart TV - a computer in many ways. We also have five-channel sound that fills the place gloriously if you wish, cinema style
The coronation could be viewed on the BBC iPlayer in ultra high definition at the press of a red button. What better occasion to give that a go - so we did.
Not sure if this will work as it is an iPhone picture of the screen so it cannot do justice to the UHD image on the screen but here goes. Click on the picture to enlarge it and zoom in if you can:
Stunning.
Rather less stunning but remarkable in their way are the water tower garden areas - given over to nature in between larger deliberate plantings. A feast for the bees and rather lovely in their way:
Meanwhile in Gerrards Cross, here are a couple of glimpses of darling daughter Lorna's magnificent garden. She gets if from her father of course:
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