We were right royally entertained in Weston Super Mare by Bruce and Pat, with a visit to the local garden centre and it's winter wonderland ( see photo) and to the Thatchers Cider Squashery. (Any advance on squashery?). On Thursday we took Molly, the new pup, for a walk on the Mendips, (see photo) then in the evening Steve, Jane, and their grown up kids, Tom and Vicky came round for a chat. We had a lovely time, lubricated with cider of course.
Friday became very cold, but on Saturday the temperatures improved and we decided to watch a bit of local soccer. We arranged to meet Jerry at the ground and then follow him to his beautiful home to stay the night in Old Sodbury. Tom (18) was playing for Locking, and the old war-horse Jerry (46)was playing for Hutton. We called at both grounds and found both were wearing No 9 shirts. Alan Shearer eat your heart out. The photo below shows Jerry in full flight giving the opposition a hard time. Clearly there is more to living in Old Sodbury than meets the eye. We stayed the night with Jerry and Anne and again had a lovely meal and chat.
On Sunday we headed to Bedford to stay with Pam (Kerry's surrogate Mum in Bromham) and George, and to catch up with friends from our Cranfield days. En route we called in on Martin and Jane Eshelby in Rushden and got an update on Cranfield University. The following day we visited Pat Chapman, took Pam and George for lunch in Goldington Green, visited Margaret and Mike Darlington, and caught up with Lisa Butterworth. (Bromham friend of Kerry Lou) In the evening we went to The Swan in Bromham and had dinner with Mick and Chris Darwood. Mick and Chris were our next door neighbours in Bromham and Mick - was and is - Mr football, Mr cricket, and Mr bowls in Bromham. We had a lovely meal and replayed a few tough games of football, winning all of them, of course. The photo shows a few old posers after an evening at The Swan in Bromham.
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A squashary sounds like something the Knights Of Ni might request!
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