I had rather an epiphany recently when sitting on a stone bench in the lovely Cotswold town of Faringdon. The bench amused me as it was carved in the shape of a scuba-diver.
The story behind it involves two famous eccentrics - Lord Berners and Salvador Dali. Berners owned the local manor house, Faringon Hall, where he entertained an eclectic mix of artistic folk. Berners bet Dali he could not walk from Faringdon market place up the hill to the Hall wearing a scuba-diving outfit - Dali proved him wrong. Still standing is the crazy 104 feet high Folly built by Berners and bearing such potty legends as Please do not feed the giraffes and Anyone committing suicide from this tower does so at his own risk.
So what was the serendipity? Well, while sitting on the bench, I looked at my phone to find that the great master of digital heraldry, Quentin Peacock, had just that day posted the splendid emblazonment below:
As an envoi to this rather lame story, I would add that Professor Black showed in her talk in Edinburgh City Chambers on Thursday the grant of arms to Sir Jackie Stewart which has a rather marvellous racing helmet as crest: 
