I just saw the video of Concorde taking off on it’s last departure from Heathrow. The first flight was in 1969. Man’s first landing on the moon was 40 years ago today. Hey, I remember that day! I left my home near Gatwick shortly after 3am to cycle some 100 miles to Bournemouth to see some relations. It was a beautiful clear night and I could see the full moon very clearly as I cycled along. Passing various houses I could also see people huddled round small black and white televisions watching man’s  first landing on the moon. As I continued to cycle west the sun shone and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The other thing I remember is getting sun burnt on the left side of my body. Strange that, and I never worked out why dogs howl at a full moon….

By Bob Derham

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