Recently we had Marc visit us whilst he was in the UK to see his family.
We had him helping out in the garden building a frame for the squash and
netting the raspberries whilst I planted more corn, brassicas and red onions. Finally
we are starting to reap our rewards with strawberries, raspberries and salad
crops coming into season.
We played a few board games and frequented a couple of local establishments
as is our want plying him with food and drink.
The following weekend we met up in London after he had spent some time
with his mum and aunt and we visited the Comic exhibition at British Library
(sue was less enthusiastic about it and was quite shocked at Crumb’s version of
Rupert the Bear). We met up briefly with Jamie before he cycled of to visit friends
and we went to lunch at the Eagle pub on Farringdon Road. After a tasty meal we
went into the centre of town to visit the impressive new Foyles store. I bought
some music at the Fopp store (Caro Emerald, Sigur Ros and Public Service Broadcasting)
a board game at the Orc’s Nest (Tsuro of the seas). On the spur of the moment we
bought tickets to see Jeeves and Wooster (starring Robert Webb, Mark Heap and
Mark Hadfield) that evening at the Duke of York’s Theatre and it was very
enjoyable. We rounded off the night with a meal at a La Roche Mediterranean restaurant
opposite the theatre. Accommodation was with Marc at the Goodenough Collage and
the following morning we celebrated Marc’s birthday by gifting him a copy of
Zombie Dice before having a leisurely breakfast at Carluccio’s. Later we
strolled back into town stopping to allow me to visit the Cartoon Museum and to
buy a comic from Gosh before having a drink at Waxy’s Little Sister and riding a
new double-decker bus to Victoria eating spicy pork buns and Lotus flower buns
on the top deck, return to our place for a steak meal and a few more games. It
was a great weekend.
