<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2011-07-16-864.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-100" title="Fire Engine Museum" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2011-07-16-864-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Last weekend we visited the opening of the Weedon Ordnance Depot. This is an historical site that dates back to the Napolonic Wars when the Depot was built as the final redoubt should Napoloen invade Britiain.

The buildings are trully impressive but wasted as storage areas and are slowly decaying. Why doesn't someone develop as housing? They would excellent loft style apartments.

We had a brief look around at the various fire engines on display however it was a bit of a "trainspotting" event and the fact it was pouring with rain didn't help.

We walked down into Weedon Village hoping fora cup of coffee but the local pub didn't have any milk or the inclination to make us an instant coffee despite there being 9 thirsty customers in his bar. The notion of service in this country is just vacant, it never occurs to many businesses to go that extra mile even when its