Sifting through the news today for blogging inspiration unearthed this little gem of an article. And, like the BBC News website to be fair, I thought it was good enough to share.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34360805
This proper feel-good story is about the loss and subsequent find of a sentimentally valuable piece of jewellery on a South African beach. The search and discovery mission was epic and only successful because of the help of a complete stranger with a decent metal detector and some beach combing nous.
I haven’t given too much away in the hope that you read the BBC piece for yourself. There are some great historical photos associated with the article.
In January 2012, I wrote a piece following a similar event (you can read it here) and this post therefore becomes the second instalment in what I am wondering might eventually become my trilogy of ring posts. Tolkien dealt with the fantasy, I am collating the fantastic.
The ring stories will undoubtedly resonate with Mrs Baldwin too. My wife lost her engagement ring whilst we were on our honeymoon, she was fiddling with it and dropped it through a gap in some decking. Things got a bit traumatic for a moment – tears and everything!
Thanks though to the help of a waiter with a loop of wire, she got it back and all was well.
And that reminds me, I haven’t worn my wedding ring for ages now (my finger got a bit fat and it was getting painful to take off), but Tim Butcher’s experience has made me vow to put it back on as soon as I get home (it helps that I have been dieting since the beginning of September too).
Mrs Baldwin has never said anything to me about not wearing my wedding band but I wouldn’t be surprised if she tells me later that its lack of visibility has bothered her. Like Tim only having a conversation with his mum once all was well, I wonder if Mrs B. will only have a chat with me once her token of betrothal is back in its rightful place.
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BTW if you read my previous post; the Cross pens never turned up. Four years on and I have to admit that all hope is lost. Only a miracle will reacquaint me with them now.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34360805
This proper feel-good story is about the loss and subsequent find of a sentimentally valuable piece of jewellery on a South African beach. The search and discovery mission was epic and only successful because of the help of a complete stranger with a decent metal detector and some beach combing nous.
I haven’t given too much away in the hope that you read the BBC piece for yourself. There are some great historical photos associated with the article.
In January 2012, I wrote a piece following a similar event (you can read it here) and this post therefore becomes the second instalment in what I am wondering might eventually become my trilogy of ring posts. Tolkien dealt with the fantasy, I am collating the fantastic.
The ring stories will undoubtedly resonate with Mrs Baldwin too. My wife lost her engagement ring whilst we were on our honeymoon, she was fiddling with it and dropped it through a gap in some decking. Things got a bit traumatic for a moment – tears and everything!
Thanks though to the help of a waiter with a loop of wire, she got it back and all was well.
And that reminds me, I haven’t worn my wedding ring for ages now (my finger got a bit fat and it was getting painful to take off), but Tim Butcher’s experience has made me vow to put it back on as soon as I get home (it helps that I have been dieting since the beginning of September too).
Mrs Baldwin has never said anything to me about not wearing my wedding band but I wouldn’t be surprised if she tells me later that its lack of visibility has bothered her. Like Tim only having a conversation with his mum once all was well, I wonder if Mrs B. will only have a chat with me once her token of betrothal is back in its rightful place.
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BTW if you read my previous post; the Cross pens never turned up. Four years on and I have to admit that all hope is lost. Only a miracle will reacquaint me with them now.
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