Spiderman, Three Great Danes and a Tiger

Lorraine opened the door to see a Spiderman car with a man at the wheel dressed head to toe in a Spiderman costume. Lorraine called out for me to come and look. Very odd when he looked over at us, with his big Spiderman eyes. He told Lorraine that he was your friendly local Spiderman, and after a while drove off in his noisily powerful car. 

We drove off less spectacularly to collect Pat and Maureen and went to the Tiger Inn at nearby East Dean. There we met Ken and Claire, over from Ireland, with their three Great Danes. A nice afternoon in the sun, chatting and having lunch, and soft drinks and puddings and so on. The dogs spent most of the time in the huge air conditioned van, but when out caused quite a stir. It was a complex modern ballet piece, for two people and three Great Danes, with their leads being skilfully being handed between Ken and Claire as the dogs tangled around them. 

I let them smell my hand, and they seemed very benign. Not the greatest dog fan of course, but these were nice dogs.

Maureen fond of these big dogs. Also fond of her son and daughter in law of course. A nice afternoon of family time. I got to know Claire a bit better too, and found she is a very kind and caring person.

Then after a few hours, we all bade farewell to Claire and Ken, and drove Pat and Maureen back to Stratheden Court, juggling e-tac turner, and two wheelchairs. All well. They'd had a nice day out.

Home and spent much of the rest of the day wilfully idling. 

Below, Spiderman parked outside our house, and Ken and Claire and their Great Danes, plus the scene outside the Tiger. The food there was nice, and much better than when Lorraine and I went there a couple of years ago.