Ok, I have keep reasonably tight lipped since the referendum, I am not sure I can any longer. I may be treading on some toes here, but I have to say something and it may as well be here, because we seem a pretty reasonable bunch. WHAT ARE WE DOING?????
As you know I campaigned to remain in the EU. I am passionate about this. I feel very strongly European, but yes I am British also. I also feel the French, Italians, Dutch, Belgians, Germans and all the other millions of people in Europe are Europeans too, as well as French Italian etc. What is this jingoistic bollocks about having our nationality, sovereignty, taken away from us? I don't get it. What has broken my heart about all this, is the way our country has divided. It is interesting, politically, because it has blown away the traditional party lines. That could be a good thing, but in fact it has just driven a deep rift right down the middle. And strangely as a Remainer I feel barraged by Brexiteers saying, "Respect our vote! Why don't you respect the vote and just leave! We are the forgotten majority!" This is rubbish. The government, such as it woefully is, has spent two and a half years trying to enact the result of the referendum. No one has forgotten them, they have, to the absolute detriment of the rest of the country's affairs, been front line and centre stage (best place to be of course).
Congratulations to all out there for making it thru the year. Not an easy one, but filled with wonder nonetheless.
My most pressing news is about my Angel's film, Annabel Lee. I got to see a first assembly the other day and was thrilled. A first assembly is the director's first pass at putting scenes in the right order basically. It's not an edit, the editor does that. The difference really is a set of new and clear eyes that comes with the editor. Anyway, it was so exciting to see it.
That was the most extraordinary week I think I have every had. Filming Annabel Lee on the Hartland Estate was unusually tough. It is a beautiful location, but boy does it have it's hurdles. No phone signal for roughly a 2 mile radius certainly didn't help. The one mile single track was like a video game, and the won a couple of times!
Oh My Giddy Aunt!!!!!
We've made our Kickstarter goal and the stretch goal, AND the underwater shoot. What a wonderful and generous lot of people you are. And my Australian Angel, is just that, a Godsend.
THANK YOU ALL.
Dear all, Nat asked me to post this one for you. I'm more than happy to do just that.