My uncle sidney was excited about a book he'd read about in the paper, but than had misplaced the article. Something about the Dutch armarda, that nobody ever knew about. So I have googled it for him and it is:
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory is published by Penguin.
Lisa Jardine, professor of Renaissance studies at London University
I got to tell him I found it tonight. He is stoked. He said he watched the Tony Robinson thing last night and managed not to say anything at all today with the old men that he meets up with on the Strand at Wynnum every morning. None of them are interested in history.
He was telling me of one of the other old men - Gordon - had been out for his morning ride and this young slip of a thing passed him ... whilst running. So he caught up with her and passed her and then arrived at his destination and leaned against a pole and had to get friends to help him off his bike, whilst outside the little slip of a girl continued past. Two kilometres. It took hiim two kilometres to catch up and pass her. Uncle Sid figures she must have been a serious athelete. Marathon runner or something. Poor Gordon is still being teased. Uncle Sidney is planning on telling his family. I can just see it now. Grandchildren telling their granddad to hop on his bike and they'll race him round the block - hahahahahahahahah
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