Zoe had the day off, so I was able to have a lie-in until 07:15 when Jasper started to yowl (again). The cat was let out, coffee was made, and I settled down with the overnight news. Di was up before too long and I pottered around the corner to join the walk to school. Leaving Ellie at the classroom, I set off for my morning walk.
About an hour later, wet because of the unexpected shower, I arrived home and made some breakfast. The rest of the morning was consumed with little chores and bits of admin. There was a light to change, there were hinges to oil, there was a boiler service to schedule, and there were accounts to update.
After lunch, we had some quality time with our Kindles. An email arrived - DHL had just delivered my parcel. I mentioned in an earlier post that I had sent my trusty Swiss Army Knife away for refurbishing. The forecast for 6-8 weeks was very pessimistic. It had only been about 3 weeks and here, sitting on the doorstep, was my trusty knife - as good as new... and the Invoice was only £15.60. I was delighted. (The new "backup" knife was put in a box and stored for emergencies, the old knife is now nestling on my belt and order has been restored to the world).
This evening we met up with the Sonning Crew for dinner in Chichester. We parked in South Pallant (we had taken the car because rain was forecast) and then walked along to Côte Brasserie. Trudy and Ian were already there waiting for us and we settled down for several hours of chat and some fine food. (Di and I both had their "Roasted Cornish hake topped with a salad vierge, on petits pois à la Française, smoked bacon velouté and crispy confit potatoes" which was absolutely delicious. Chris now has a "Blue Light Card" which afforded us a 20% discount on the overall bill and that made everything taste a lot better!
It was an enjoyable evening and bid our goodbyes at 21:30 and zipped home.
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