b'I had a few weeks of fun - the chef at our localpinned to my chest by Prince Charles, my girls cried pub came out to shake my hand, but he didntbuckets. Then one of the attendants whispered in really know who I was, so he shook my matesthe Princes ear, I was gently nudged to my correct hand instead. The postman came inside to sayposition and made the required little bow and two congratulations, the local caf gave me a freepaces forward. Two Gurkhas moved quietly at sausage sandwich, and the guys behind the countermy sides, five Beefeaters formed a cordon behind, at Ace Fixings all bowed down when I went to buyarmed police twitched nervously, and several some nuts and bolts. Coldstream Guards might possibly have moved I even signed myself R. Bucknall MBE for a FedExvery very slightly, it was difficult to tell. The Prince parcel, and Im wondering how long it will beleaned towards me, I leaned towards him, and before Moira gives me a smack, but I think shellhe very quietly said Tell me, how does one tune wait until she has her new hat. Americans now calla 12 string?.No, he didnt, we had a nice little me Sir Roger, bless them, and Im not going to putchat about our local pub, the Old Crown at Hesket them right. Newmarket, the first co-operatively owned pub in the country, which he had opened a few years In June, Moira, Charlotte and Sophie escorted mebefore. He asked to be remembered to them all, and to Buckingham Palace, after seriously damagingI invited him to a game of darts. He said hed love my credit card for new clothes. We had to bookto, but he seems to have forgotten. an extra seat on the train for Moiras new hat.After it was all over, we went to Nandos for lunch. We were first in the queue at the Palace gate,Living the dream.closely followed by the guy who had organised the EU referendum! The Palace is lovely, I cameI know now that the award was instigated by to the conclusion that it is a job creation schemeMegan Henwoods parents Colin and Lucie. They for people who have absolutely no skills orare members of the Heritage Crafts Association, qualifications, other than being ridiculously politewho are always keen to promote people who work and extremely nice.with their hands.Much of the work behind the When it came to my turn to have the shiny medalscenes was done by Mike English, but I didnt know Colin Henwood driving Sheilait was not unusual for boatbuilders to be involved with car bodywork. The famous Parisian coachbuilder Henri Labourdette began his career as a boatbuilder and used hull construction techniques to build the most extraordinary cars for Renault, Citroen, Rolls Royce and many others.The project not only involved designing and building the boat-tailed body, but also the rest of the metal body work had to be restored, adapted and blended to the wooden boat-tail. To date we have built the ash frames on three 4.0 Litre Bentley bodies, re-built the frame on an LG45 Lagonda body, and Type 54 Bugatti and built the Mahogany boat body for a 1920 Delage. I do love people that make things.125'