Cards with Beth and James

Gardening with gusto this morning. Then Beth and James came around this afternoon armed with a large bottle of Nero D'Avola and we strapped on a chicken nosebag, and ended up sitting in the kitchen playing the card game Golf. Beth, wearing a dinosaur teeshirt, fresh from working her fingers to the bone the last few weeks, and at last has had a few days off. James had cycling this morning. Just felt really nice to be hanging out in the kitchen (and feeling warm) and eating a chicken roast. They are definitely thinking of moving this way at some point, as Jame's mum Julie lives on this side of Eastbourne too, the idea of them doing that makes Lorraine very happy. They left at tea time, and Lorraine and I had a mellow evening.