Friday 7th August and Sat 8th

I know i have missed a day and i apologist, but there has been so much going on that it slipped down on the importance stakes, so here are two days for the price of one!! On Thursday we had to nip into town to get some materials for the house as we now have a long to do list, and i needed to get some things for the dinner party in the evening. Whilst at Carrefore we bumped into Mark so gave him a lift back to Le Parq. I sorted out his scanner for him and ant chatted to David for a while then we headed home. Ant spent the afternoon ripping up the nasty carpet on the stairs and then trying to remove the underlay that had been glued down so as to withstand a nuclear blast, in doing so he created enough dust to re sand the Sahara! He looked so funny in just a pair of undies and a t shirt covered in underlay dust. I set to on the dinner party, a chilled pea soup to start, then a beef bourguignon, cheese plate and finishing with peaches steeped in muscat wine. At about four in the arvo i released ant for his servitude and sent him off for a nap. Tony, Jackie, Paul and Ally arrived at about seven thirty, Ally was very taken with the house, it is a cute place, and we had a really good evening full of chat and laughter, ant and i even got old photo's out so we must have been a little merry!!
On Saturday we got up at eight thirty, tidied up a bit and then headed off to pick Ian up from Paris. It is about a two and a half hour drive, and we stopped on the way down to eat as i was absolutely famished. He arrived on time and we headed back home. We dropped his stuff at the house and relaxed for half an hour then headed out to the supermarket to get supplies for Ian's time here alone. When i was satisfied he had everything he would need for the duration we came home. The headache i was owed by my hangover started to kick in with force so ant said he would cook and i could go relax in front of the telly while he and Ian chatted in the kitchen, i did this for about half an hour then joined them. We had a good night, ant did a very nice chicken in white wine stew with roasted potatoes and we sat and drank beer and chatted till about eleven then all headed off to bed. Only Sunday to go then we will start our trip, so there will be plenty of excitement on Monday morning!!