Old Friends….

We were invited to Kelv and Ren’s for the weekend and what a wonderful time we had. The purpose of the weekend was to invite all of John’s Uni friends for a get-together to celebrate our birthdays. Most of the group were born in 1952, and we are all now 70, or going-to-be-70, this year.

What was especially exciting was that almost everyone was there – even the divorcés, who managed to chat to each other without any difficulty. We were delighted to see those who’d flown in from the USA; driven up from Cornwall; or travelled down from Scotland, as well as all those who mill about the London area, of course.

Who was there? Well, there was John and me, and Kelv and Ren, of course; Pete and Fran; George and Val; Nev and Jane; Ann and Nigel; Dave and Alison; Mike and Heather; Rick and Caroline; Andy and his wife (whose name escapes me) and Rob, who came on his own.

We spent a wonderful evening in everyone’s company, chatting over old times and reminiscing about student days. Kelv and Ren were brilliant hosts, with excellent food and drink over the whole weekend. We had an absolutely cracking time and a photo will follow shortly!

The weather was balmy, so we were able to sit outside all evening, only coming indoors for a whisky-sampling competition. We were all agreed that the English whisky was best…..

Today, we went out for a Roast Beef Dinner at a local pub which was also good. For a good long while, we were the only people in our part of the pub, so we were able to relax. Smashing.

Ah, yes…. old friends. Such a blessing.

Take care everyone. God bless.