Unfortunately I'll be supporting the wife on a jam stall, tea bar, cake buffet or the like. Yuk.
Unfortunately and, since the weather is looking OK, even more unfortunately, is everyone aware of the fact that it's the day of the Queen's 90th official birthday thing? So the rural world at least and probably the urbane sprawl too (sic, by the way!) are jollifying and purporting to recreate the imagined community spirit of those long-lost,you guessed it, 'good old days'.
Thus, unless AHG is doing the same nude (now that would be good!) my guess is that it might affect the attendance. Just a thought.
The imagined residual patriotism and unaccustomed togetherness of the populus as represented by the 'Dunkirk Spirit', The WI and and the like is rallying for a celebration of the Queen's accidental longevity of life and reign, this Saturday. Whilst I am not one to spoil or pooh pooh others' reasons for a good party and neither do I wish the Queen to miss out on her national adulation and good PR, I wonder about the motivation for all this enforced jollity. Mind you, in our village, the parish council, WI, sports club and worthy organisations will take up any excuse for a celebration and I have to say that the excessive plenty of cake provided by the local bakers almost rivals the very best in cakeification and bunnage that this sceptred isle has to offer. It will therefore be my pleasure to celebrate Queenie's 90th with a walk (note) to the village hall and the consumption of an excess of cake plus, due to the proximity, hopefully a foaming flagon or two of the brown stuff (and I don't mean tomato fertiliser!).
I have to be much more determined to do AHG these days. One shortcoming of my house move is that AHG is over an extra hour's drive away now (somewhat over 3 hrs). Can't pop out and back so effectively. However it wasn't a priority. More relevant was the locale: This sunny afternoon I have mowed the lawn naked and sat out naked sunbathing for longer than I've had for a long time. I'm only typing this because I've come in having cooked myself to a nicety. In these new freer circumstances I have taken advantage of the bouts of good weather in May & last 3 days and actually have a tiny bit of tan! The top of my legs and arms are a very tiny bit browner than the underneath! That's a first!
John
