After doing a couple of crosswords I was settling down to sorting out my laptop when I got a text from Ralph as I'd said I'd take the For A Few Dollars More poster in I've got for M's birthday to be framed but it had slipped my mind. I finally got to meet Sarah and he's going in for his op next Wed all being well. The poster looks good. It came all the way from the states. Hope she likes it. Did some recording of a song I'm working on based on a riff I came up with. Went for a swim on Tuesday morning. We have now realised, thanks to Sally, that the swimming sessions are for an hour. You just need to arrive in the 10 minute slots. We're both feeling the benefit of the swims now. Feel much stronger upper bodywise. Tidied and rearranged the music room and M made some labels for the gin. She added lemon peel to hers. My secret ingredient is vanilla. Popped into John Lewis for a new filter for the cafetiere as ours is completely clogged which means it sprays hot coffee all over the place and you get lots of sediment in your cup. They're very good at sanitising, checking numbers and distancing and its card payment but then they always give you a paper receipt. M went to the BRO on Wednesday morning and I did a bit of a tidying up in preparation for the weekend. M had done her bit yesterday. Picked up the framed poster from Ralph. It looks good. Went out for a ride early evening with Kelvin and Andy. We met Andy at The Sun at Hill Bottom as he'd been doing his volunteering for BBOWT out that way at Cholsey Marshes. Very popular pub and we decided to eat there. Unfortunately they weren't doing the eat out to help out deal. We all had burgers of varying types. All very over cooked except the salad. Here's a bit of burnt halloumi and some chips. As it was the first meal I've had out for probably 6 months it was a massive let down. I'd checked their website before we went and there was no mention of covid. They had 1 meter social distancing. There was no obvious track and trace. Andy said he thought he saw some when he arrived but wasn't asked to do anything so didn't. None of the staff were wearing masks. The GOB was good but I wont be going back in a hurry. Andy found a nice route back via some back roads which was fun and we ended up in the nags. I went for a Thornbridge Melba which was billed as an american IPA, I should have guessed but it didn't mention the peaches. Disgusting. Had a pint of Yankee afterwards from the Roosters brewery in Harrogate which was OK. Needed to pop into town on Thursday morning to get some supplies for this evenings curry. Heard from James and Amy. They have crossed the border. Haslams phoned, they have new tennants who want to move in on Tuesday. James and Amy arrived about 3. They sent a WhatsApp that enabled us to track them from just north of the Pack Saddle. We hugged. They had a good journey. I made a curry, we ate about 7. Tom and Sally arrived about 8 30. We hugged again. Had a bit of a late one. Most went to bed about 1 but me and Tom stayed up til about 5. Went for a walk around the Coley meadows late Friday morning via the flat. It was a bit wet and we got bitten but avoided the rain. James, Amy and M had naps in the afternoon. We went swimming at 5. Had homemade lasagne and then the gin tasting. Mine was vanilla, M's citrus, J and A's christmassy and T and S's a bit salty. We had them neat to start with then with tonic etc. Played a couple of games, Anomia to start with which is a bit stressful and I'm not too good at and 6 Nimmt which I'm a bit better at. Me and Tom stayed up til about 3 again. On Saturday we drove over to Clayfield Copse in Caversham and walked over to the Lodden Brewery for a swifty. When we got back T, S, J and A presented us with 4 really nice bottles of champagne for our aniversery. They went out to meet up with Josh and a few others and we went to Peter Scloggins 60th burthday party which was a real fun event. The idea was to make a lantern but we just bought a couple.They were all hung up in the garden. We got sparklers after midnight as it was M's birthday and our 40th wedding aniversary. We stayed up til about 3 again. J and A cooked breakfast on Sunday then there was some down time before the festivities began. We started with champagne and presents about 3. T and S got her 2 really nice Le Creuset jugs. J and A some coloured mirrors to hang in the garden and my For A Few Dollars More poster was well received. We then had a bit of a Greek meze finishing with slow roast lamb. Had a couple of games of Diamant. I could have won the last one but twisted one time too many. Lit the fire pit and sat out for a desert glass of champagne followed by sparklers and too much ouzo. Got to bed about 3 30. J and A have been very conscientious with regard to social distancing and had not mixed with any one for the last 10 days and were planning to do the same when they got back to Glasgow. I must admit that we haven't been that good and there was very little social distancing at Peter's party but it was outside and all our pub visits have also all been outside. Technically we are in breach of the covid rules for England as there are 3 households here and 2 is the limit. It's 3 in Scotland though.
It's M's birthday today (Monday). She got a fine array of presents, cocktail shaker and accessories from Tom and Sally, picture from...
Spent most of Monday learning songs for this weeks session at Ian's. Same on Tuesday. Did an LFT in the afternoon and OK. Heard that Pen....JPG)
Eventually got off to sleep about 2 on Monday morning I think. Remember waking up about 5 then slept though til 8. Woke up quite sweaty but ...
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