Fellow Wine\nLovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I was but a\nwhippersnapper, I used to watch a lot of Hammer Horror films. Now, don\u2019t judge\nme, there\u2019s nothing wrong with The Curse\nof The Mummy\u2019s Tomb<\/em>, or The Curse of\nFrankenstein<\/em>, let alone The Curse of\nthe Werewolf<\/em>. Apart from the rather formulaic naming of some of the films,\nI also recall that Peter Cushing starred in rather a large number of them as\ndid Christopher Lee. Personally, I always liked the Dracula and Vampire films\nbut could never understand why we never watched any of the films featuring a\nMummy. Fast forward a couple of years and a now 14 year old Wayne, with two of\nhis chums, have laid their hands on a ridiculous amount of crepe bandage, just\nin time for April Fool\u2019s Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Surely this will\nbe our best one ever! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wayne and chum\nnumber one wrap chum number two in said swaddling, position him perfectly on\nthe doorstep, tap the knocker and retreat. What followed, when the door opened,\nwas a scream so chilling that Hammer would still be in business if they\u2019d been\nthere to record it! Birds fell out of trees in surprise and, needless to say,\nteenage Wayne was a tad mortified. That, ladies and gentlemen is how I\ndiscovered why we didn\u2019t watch films with a Mummy, it seemed my mum was\nterrified of them! So not seen by everyone as my best April Fool ever, I was\nbarely spoken to by Easter and still receive a death stare if I mention it – gotta\nlove a Hammer Horror!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other news\nthis week, our year end came round, which involves all sorts of things we do\nevery day and several things we do considerably less often. One of the less\nfrequent activities was where we stock counted the cellar, the shelves and the\nboxes in the currently closed shop. It seemed the combination of dim light,\nfont size and perhaps our age (!) meant that at no point in the entire day did\nwe seem to have the correct glasses on our noses. Those logistical challenges\naside, it seemed most things were where they were supposed to be, we really\nhave nearly run out of gift bags and now we just need to face our accountant\nwith the numbers. I think we\u2019ll get the VAT return done first though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n