Sat 20th Feb

I woke just after nine and came down, during the night the garden had turned white, which was a bit of a surprise as it had been quite a mild day, I made coffee and flakes and went online, tried to get hold of ant a couple of times as he should have been back in the uk by now, but to no avail. I did the usual bits online, then ant called at last and we chatted for a bit before i went upstairs and showered, shaved and got dressed. Ant was going to be picked up by Mike at Heathrow so i didn't need to worry about setting off to Brussels, i gave the house a good going over and finished the housework by lunch time.
I had a tuna salad in a tin thing for lunch, not to bad, then sat around waiting for news of thier return, i eventually got fed up and phoned ant, he had met Mike and they were on thier way to the tunnel, i settled down to watch a little tv whilst i waited. I got a phone call from Maggie asking if we would like to go over for dinner when the boys had arrived, i presumed this was something ant had already discussed with Mike so said yes, though i would have preffered a night at home with ant.
I settled back in to my waiting routine and at five thirty ant phoned to ask me to come down, i got myself ready and packed some cloathes in a bag for him, fed the dogs then headed down to Hesdin. I stopped in at the supermarket to buy some diet coke and a box of choccys for Maggie then when to thier place.
we had a very enjoyable evening, with the usual high standard of food from Chez Maggie, the crack was good and the suroundings as comfortable as all get out so all in all ut was a good night, Maggie tild me she had found the tesco wine place at Calais to be really good value, so i will have to have a nip up thier at some point before May and get some decent stuff in the cellar. When we got back ant opened his bag of tricks and got out two new dogs beds, which the girls seemed to find very comfy, a bottle of vodka, a bottle of whisky and a bottle of morgans spiced rum, so that has filled the booze cabinet a little. I poured us a drink each and we sat for a chat for a while but i could tell he was knackered so i sent us all to bed, he was asleep within moments, i followed very quickly.