Speculation, Fact and Fiction

Yesterday, we headed off to a very pleasant hotel in Buckingham to meet up with best pals-and-godson, to do proper afternoon tea, with chat and swapping of the Xmas presents from one car boot to the other, before our various family-seasonal commitments kick in.

We've done such meet-ups before, but in shopping centres, cafes and the like, with all the attendant uproar of Xmas shopping going on around us and ending up with swapping stuff from car to car in multi-storey carparks, which can get you funny looks.

This new plan was stupendously better and I can see it becoming a whole new tradition.

For added enjoyment, my sister and her fiance were able to join us, en route to the family home. Brilliant.

And, having substantially over-ordered on scones and cake, no one wanted a cooked dinner last night hereabouts, so everyone rustled up their own snacks as suited and we sat down to watch the Gilliam/Ledger/Damon 'The Brothers Grimm' which was fantastic fun.