We took Madeline for a walk along the canal on Monday afternoon. Tom cooked some excellent burgers. M took Madeline out for a walk on Tuesday, early afternoon and then Andy and Jeannie came round to see her. We did LFTs, all negative. Tom is doing one every day. Played a good card game with Tom in the evening called The Crew. Drove over to the house in Ash on Wednesday. It's a great place.
Tom cooked some great pizzas. Went into Canterbury on Thursday. Very busy. M and Anne went round the cathedral but me and Wynn just had a pint opposite as it was £14 each to go in. Cooked the Ottolenghi mushroom lasagne in the evening. We popped into the local pub, The Chequers, on Christmas Eve. We'd booked a table the previous evening for drinks but didn't make it in the end so just wanted to apologise. They only had one real ale on but it was Dark Star Hophead. J n A cooked a Thai as its a tradition for Amy's folks to go out for one on Christmas Eve. Later on we a Tom popped out to see if we could get ice cream from the co-op for Christmas day. They were closed but managed to get some from the bistro across the road. Went for another swift pint and by the this time they had run out of Hophead but had some Jack Frost from Wells and Youngs I think which was pretty good. Had goose and beef on Christmas day provided by Wynn. He did the meat and veg, Tom did the roasties, I did the Yorkshire's, M did the Christmas pud and Anne did and apple crumble. Dished out stockings in the morning and pressies after dinner but before pudding. We did secret Santa for pressies and stockings. I got a game called Jaipur and an album by Johannes Johannsson. Amy managed to zoom her family. Went for a walk at Sandwich Bay on Boxing Day.
Sandwich is a nice place. Had roast lamb and bubble and squeak in the evening. Played a few games of cards and table football.
Sally came on Tuesday and we went for a walk in the afternoon followed by a pint in the pub. TnS did a raclette in the evening. Played James a table football and he trashed me 10 1, 10 0. I made him work for the goals though. Peter, Carol and Stephen came on Tuesday. Went for a very muddy walk in the afternoon. Madeline was well up for it.
The plan in the evening was to eat out at the local pub but we got a message saying they would have to cancel because of staff getting covid. However they then got back saying it was OK so we went. They didn't have much of a selection and no cask beers. Had scampi and chips which I probably hadn't had for 40 years. Really enjoyed. P, C n S left and we played a few more games and had an earlyish night. Up at 8 on Wednesday to pack. Just got done by 10 when we had to be out and the cleaner had already arrived. Got back about 1ish. It was a great break. Madeline was a bit snuffly so Amy popped into boots to see if she could get anything to help. While she was there she spotted they were doing walk in boosters so tried to get one. They were just about to do it but asked if she had proof she'd had the other vaccines. As they'd had their's in Scotland they're not registered on the English system so they wouldn't give her it in the end.
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