I woke at 6am and managed to find my way to the bathroom in the dark. I got up again at 8.20, and conquered the shower. We went down for breakfast, which was OK but there was a lack of knives. I had a rather sweet muesli with banana, a hard-boiled egg, toast and Marmite and coffee. There was good news on TV this morning - Isis has been eradicated from Syria. I wondered where Assad was lying low.
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| The Clixby Clan at the Fleur de Lys in Lowsonford |
I had chance to write postcards to my garden friend trio, and we waited for Hugh to pick us up. We admired his new red car. We drove by a cross-country route to Hugh's house in Kings Heath, collected Julie and set off for the
Fleur de Lys in Lowsonford to meet the other Clixbys.
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| On our canal walk with Frannie and Doug |
We were the first to arrive and found our reserved table in the very busy pub. Paul and Tam arrived next, followed by Frannie and Doug. We ordered lunch and I opted for sausage and mash. Mine was a bit dry, but I had three drinks of dry white wine and soda. After lunch we all went for a stroll by the canal.
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| Hugh, Julia, Paul - a rare sighting |
At Hugh's we did the Metro crossword and played the Pointless board game with their app. Julie gave us a lift back to the Ibis Styles. We missed Casualty but watched an old episode of Taggart on the Drama channel.
