Throughout my very early years my family were gypsies. Unfortunately this does not mean we lived in a caravan drawn by a faithful carthorse called Neddy. What it did mean was that we moved five times before I was seven. I know just what you are thinking, we were not on the run from the police. At least that was what I was led to believe. Come to think of it …. Anyway, the story I was told was that we had to keep relocating for my Dad’s job, who was an aeronautical draughtsman. Eventually we settled in Cornwall and my Dad commuted weekly. Neddy went to the home for retired carthorses.
An advantage of living in the home counties was that we were taken on frequent trips to London. It was my Dad’s home city and my parents had lived there when they were first married, so they enjoyed revisiting and showing us the sights. To a small child who lived in rural Sussex it all seemed very big and noisy and slightly scary. To a middle aged gardener who lives in North Devon it seems pretty much the same. We visited the museums, Oxford Street, the Tower of London. We also took a trip to the planetarium. The word alone is almost good enough, a word full of mystery and magic. I can remember quite clearly, head tipped back, mesmerised by the voice that came from the stars, watching the solar systems and planets move across the pseudo-sky. I didn’t understand a word but I was hypnotised and thrilled. Years later I revisited with my partner. We were just as thrilled. I may have understood a little more.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Wonderful! You built an interesting, and true, story around a random word and even proved that whilst the moon may be made of cheese, the galaxy is certainly made of chocolate! Interestingly, ortokrekt (which has not offered any alternative to ortokrekt! So I win, yay!) now wants to change “planetarium” to “planetary”. Such fickleness!
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Glad you liked it 🙂 You will be pleased to know that I returned the chocolate to the box, I resisted temptation, so unusual for me!
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It is lovely living down here with little light pollution, able to see the stars and the Milky Way. Regretfully, I hardly know the names of the constellations but it is marvellous to see them all.
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I would like to know more too, perhaps there is a course?!
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FREE university modules at futurelearn.com Surely there will be something about the development of the chocolate universe!
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A lovely post. I’ve only ever been there once as a youngster and was fascinated by it. xx
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Remembering it made me want to go again!
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Just worked out the relevance of the photo – why is she posting photos of chocolate? slow to get started today!
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I must admit I wondered if anyone would get it! Glad you got there in the end 🙂
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You really did write a post about planetariums, and a lovely post it is. It brought it all back to me – the trip to The City, looking up at a starry “sky” and taking in all those names, the tremendous distances, the vastness of it all. Watch out – your readers will all be throwing words at you and expecting a post!
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Now there’s an idea …… Glad you enjoyed it Mrs D x
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