I have been waiting ages for my S1 certificate to arrive from the UK. Unfortunately, it took longer than the standard 15 days and, subsequently, it arrived at the house we were staying at in Ekerö. We decided to go and pick it up rather than depend on a redirection. As it turned out, this was a very good idea.
The only thing I forgot to pack when we left Ekerö was my calendar. Anders said he’d post it on. It took a while, but the envelope arrived today. He’d written the wrong address and not sealed the envelope very well. There was no calendar. It was a bit annoying. I can order another calendar but it won’t have everything written on it.
However, this incident fully justified our drive over to Ekerö today which meant my S1 certificate made it to me without mishap. It also meant we could drop in on the bageri down by the car ferry and enjoy a roll and a bun.

More annoying though was our present landlord who offered us the extra week we asked for ages ago after we’d booked a non-refundable, six day stay somewhere else. Life would have been much easier staying here right up until we leave for our return to the UK. Still, a new place will be interesting.
Back at home, Mirinda had a few Skype/Zoom/Signal things to do while I prepared dinner before attending a WFA Webinar.
It was called Delayed in the Desert: The Gaza stalemate and Beersheba breakthrough and was given by Robert Fleming. I’d not heard about it but have researched a few people who died in this campaign, so it was doubly fascinating to actually hear about it.
Robert Fleming is an Australian. He had a great uncle who was there. He got quite emotional during the Q&A session when he recited a story far too awful to repeat, involving horses and the terrible Australian government that refused to reward their service.
He described the legendary charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba. He also told us about Meinertzhagen’s haversack ruse, which put me in mind of Operation Mincemeat from the Second World War. He assumed his audience knew all of this stuff, but I certainly didn’t. It was fascinating.
He also touched on Lawrence of Arabia, the Arab Bureau and the Arab Revolt. There’s Lawrence looking very mysterious on the far right of the photograph.

I think the slide above must be made up of two different photographs because Lawrence looks a bit isolated for it to be a group photo. Still, it creates an enigmatic image.
It never feels right to say I enjoyed a WFA Webinar, but I did enjoy this one. And not just because it was given by an Australian.
Oh, and the weather changed today. We had a bit of rain and it was mostly cloudy.