Starting on Friday evening with Sue cooking a wonderful dinner
for us, her sister Deb, and the Whittenbury clan. It was a good night with
plenty of chat, laughter and libations.
The following day we decided to walk some of the excesses
off in the local countryside collecting blackberries and wild apples and taking
a new route that passed the Dorking Community Orchard and stopping for a little
drink at a local pub or three.
Saturday evening, we went to an informal dinner party at a friend’s
place with our neighbour and mutual Howard. The host, Neil, had arranged for
the food to be cooked by his friend, a former Italian chef, Alex. We had a
great time watching Alex create his magic in the kitchen and we perhaps should
have stopped there – but martinis were beckoning to some of our party back at Howards.
Sunday was a wet and dreary day so the girls took to the
kitchen to create magic and I sloped off to the attic to play on the computer.
Later that night we ventured out to the Kings Arms in Dorking to watch, listen
and dance to the very entertaining local band the Eclectix.
Bank Holiday Monday was nicer weather so in the afternoon we
went to nearby Polesden Lacey where they have live jazz playing to audiences on
the main lawn during summer. We had arranged to meet with the Whittenbury’s,
Deb and Linda and Mark for a picnic and a relax.
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