A dashing gypsy

Met a lovely guy at the jumble sale yesterday. He was wearing a dashing outfit: white shirt, straw hat, cravat, braces and jeans and had an extremely impressive set of mutton chops. He really looked like Pa Larkin from The Darling Buds of May, except more stylish.

He lives in a van these days, but lived in a horse drawn caravan for 14 years prior to that. He bought a lovely cord wine-coloured jacket and told me he likes to surprise people by being better dressed than they are, even though he lives in a van.

I took my own pictures of him but on film, so I will post them once I get them developed. In the meantime, here is a reminder of good old Pa Larkin and family