August Bits and Pieces
Rang a nice peal of Superlative on 3-4 with Steve, Hamish and Margaret on 14th. Very pleased with it. Failed yet again to ring a peal of minor with Caroline and Mike, although we rang about 3 extents quite confidently before it fell apart. Had a nice supper at Cafe Rouge to make up for it. Mike got away with going up the escalator at London Bridge and we played safe and went home via Monument.
Supper with the Bell and Crown group on 13th - at The Duke of Somerset in Acton as Bell and Crown closed for refurbishment. Had a lovely meal - Mike and I shared the rib steak (#50) and I probably drank a bit too much wine!
Reunion of youth club group at The Duke of Kent in Ealing on 22nd. Met up with Diane and Moira at Ealing Broadway station and shared a taxi. Mike not allowed on the 607 because of pushchairs. I was furious. Good evening - really weird seeing so many people from the dim and distant past now old! Chris Still was nice and chatty - he was expecting to become a grandad at any moment that evening. Many people who were invited couldn't come, or failed to turn up!
Supper with Caroline and Pru at Tas on 19th was very enjoyable. We seemed to have lots to chat about and the food was very good as usual - although I was a bit disappointed with the chicken sis which was a bit tough and tasteless.
Lorraine went to Majorca for a few days to see Amanda, so I was able to send over the Halifax card and Amanda used it to book her flights in October. It worked fine so that is all in place now.
Went for lunch at Maryanne's on 23rd. There were two other couples there - Alan and Mary, and Madeleine and her husband. We all got on well and the conversation was lively and interesting. The food was stunning - and I had two large helpings of the meringue and raspberry roulade for dessert. Needless to say we didn't need to eat again when we got home.
Had pedicure and manicure on the afternoon that jury service ended - simultaneously as I was the only one in which was very efficient. Then I walked round to Wolsey's and picked up the tyres Mike had ordered. That just left the ironing outstanding as everything else was up to date - so I took it with me to Devon!
Supper with the Bell and Crown group on 13th - at The Duke of Somerset in Acton as Bell and Crown closed for refurbishment. Had a lovely meal - Mike and I shared the rib steak (#50) and I probably drank a bit too much wine!
Reunion of youth club group at The Duke of Kent in Ealing on 22nd. Met up with Diane and Moira at Ealing Broadway station and shared a taxi. Mike not allowed on the 607 because of pushchairs. I was furious. Good evening - really weird seeing so many people from the dim and distant past now old! Chris Still was nice and chatty - he was expecting to become a grandad at any moment that evening. Many people who were invited couldn't come, or failed to turn up!
Supper with Caroline and Pru at Tas on 19th was very enjoyable. We seemed to have lots to chat about and the food was very good as usual - although I was a bit disappointed with the chicken sis which was a bit tough and tasteless.
Lorraine went to Majorca for a few days to see Amanda, so I was able to send over the Halifax card and Amanda used it to book her flights in October. It worked fine so that is all in place now.
Went for lunch at Maryanne's on 23rd. There were two other couples there - Alan and Mary, and Madeleine and her husband. We all got on well and the conversation was lively and interesting. The food was stunning - and I had two large helpings of the meringue and raspberry roulade for dessert. Needless to say we didn't need to eat again when we got home.
Had pedicure and manicure on the afternoon that jury service ended - simultaneously as I was the only one in which was very efficient. Then I walked round to Wolsey's and picked up the tyres Mike had ordered. That just left the ironing outstanding as everything else was up to date - so I took it with me to Devon!
