It was quite cool but lovely and bright. It was an excellent start to the day as I walked to Zoe's to escort Ellie to school. She was quite excited as she had a stand-in teacher for the remainder of the week. We waited for the class door to open and saw the locum. He looked about 12 years old and was a tall and skinny beanpole of a chap. He had an open and smiley face and the kids seemed delighted to file into the classroom.
We were scheduled to meet with Jane and Trevor for lunch. While Diane pottered and got ready, I spent some of the morning marking up and cutting out the cardboard pieces for the model Ellie has to make for her latest project.
We headed up to Chiddingfold. There was no appreciable traffic and we pulled into the car park alongside Jane and Trevor's car. We met at The Mulberry Inn and were ushered to our table, where we enjoyed a coffee before examining the menu and ordering our lunch. I had a flatbread with pulled pork as a starter. This may have been a mistake. Whilst it was delicious, it was also the size of a very decent pizza... and that was just the starter. For the entrees, both Diane and I selected the rack of ribs. These came slathered in a rich sauce. I do wish they would serve this on the side, instead of on the ribs. The ribs were, despite the sauce, absolutely delicious.
The meal was just the backdrop to several hours of chat. There was so much to catch up on after all. We hadn't seen each other for a month and wouldn't see each other again for another 10 days! We caught up on the family news and recent get-togethers, on health, on ideas for our forthcoming trip, on future cruise options, and generally on the wonderful trivia of retirement. Eventually, it was time to part ways and head home. The traffic was bit busier but it was stilla good run home.
It had been a lovely few hours.
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