My Daily Banana

 

 

 

Photo of the Day:

 

 

 

 

Event of the Day:

 

21st July 1969

 

Niel Armstrong is the firstman to step on the Moon

 

At 02:50 am GMT he stepped onto the Moon and said "One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind!"

 

 

Birthday of the Day:

 

 

21st July 1948

 

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam
 

 

I loved his music when he called himself Cat Stevens; my girlfriend at the time Eileen also and my daughters love his album Tea for the Tillerman. His first hit recording came out in 1966 "I Love My Dog"; a catchy tune; it reached #28 in the British charts

 

 

Died on this Day:

 

21st July 1796

 

Robert Burns

 

A Scottish poet he died at thirty-seven. His best known poem is "Auld Lang Syne" (a version sung by Rod Stewart)

 

 

Thoughts:

 

Today we went to Leck and had a stroll around the village. It's much nicer than I thought; usually I only drive through the village to and from work. It has quiet roads with quaint thatched roof houses and well-built gentry houses.  I could imagine living in those areas otherwise it is quite a dump.

Thirty years ago, before perestroika, the village boasted two air-force camps and a few thousand soldiers; today there is only one regiment of soldiers and they don't come into or live in Leck like in the past. In the eighties they even had a strip joint, I remember going in there with Heike and her sister. What a dive; that was a once only visit.

 

The roof will not hold much longer.

Leck Hüs
the renovation was funded by the European Union

Someone is paying out a heap of money refurbishing this house

The Tax office

This is not a door, it's an entrance

Isn't this a good piece of ninteenth century architecture?

The vicars house and parish office

A couple of mishaps