<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fiona-bruceMay15.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2649" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fiona-bruceMay15-225x300.jpg" alt="fiona-bruce(May15)" width="225" height="300" /></a>The title doesn't refer to Jane and I but BBC Antiques Road Show which came to <a href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafconingsby/" target="_blank">RAF Coningsby</a> which is relatively nearby. Now I'm not an antiques fan, old stuff does nothing for me (apart from Jane), but I went along for the drive. To be honest it was a lot more interesting than I imagined it would be - I'd taken a couple of books and the newspaper along just in case boredom enveloped me and I had to retreat to the safe confines of the car, but no I didn't need any distraction.

Fiona Bruce was strutting her stuff, mixing with the queues of people and being very "nice" even though she wasn't on camera so we think she may be a genuinely nice person.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Antiques-valuationMay15.jpg"><img class=" size-thumbnail wp-image-2650 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Antiques-valuationMay15-200x150.jpg" alt="Antiques-valuation(May15)" width="200" height="150" /></a>After queuing, yes we British know how to queue, we eventually got through security, passed the first screening of Jane's items and then seen by this pleasant chap (in the blazer and tie) who told us the plates and glass dish were worth naff all. Not strictly true but the plates were two of a set of six that were mass produced in the 1930s as collectibles and they may be worth £25 each. The glass dish was pressed glass, again massed produced and worth about £60 because it had some significance in South Africa. So we hammered the cork back into the Cava (not even champagne) and headed for home. Overall an interesting experience for me largely because it was RAF Coningsby and we had a back drop of a Spitfire, Lancaster and a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/egbe-enthusiasts/17101733171/in/photostream/" target="_blank">DC3</a> took off as we were waiting.