Sonning

I lived in Tame at the time, which is, what, 45 minutes away from here.

And I remember we came all the way over to Sonning to see this car.

And it was a guy that lived – I mean, this is literally for only the people who have ever visited our office in New Gregg – As you come into Sonning from the Henley direction, you have to sort of peel off on that road to the left and go to our office that way.

It was one of the houses on the right-hand side there.

And he did up cars.

All of this centres on Goring Village Hall.

And then you go out in the opposite direction to the first leg, on leg four, down to Reading, fairly near Sonning.

Out the other side of Reading, everybody always complains that they see the Reading sign and there's about another...

Eight miles to go or something silly.

Well, but what did we see?

We went to see an Agatha Christie last week at the Mill in Sonning, which was lovely.

We went to see The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side, which was great with Lisa Goddard.

Really enjoyed it, actually.

And all sorts.

But it was really good.

And I don't know how long it's on for, but if you happen to be in the facility of the Sonning area, I recommend it.

Or if it's on tour, catch it.

And when he was taken back to England after Trafalgar on board HMS Euryalus, he was described as being a tallish, thin man, a very tranquil, placid, English-looking Frenchman, which I think was a high praise for somebody at that time.

But when he was on parole at Sonning Grove near Reading, he was described as a very pleasant and gentleman-like man.

So I think he's somebody you'd get on well with socially, but he didn't stand out socially.

He didn't stand out much really as a sort of commander of a vast enterprise that he was given for the Trafalgar campaign.

And this is where Addington came into it.

Addington suggested to Villeneuve that he might like Sonning.

Sonning Grove was the house in Sonning, about a mile or two east of Reading.

Addington had property there and friends and connections there as well.