The Luncheon Club

We decided to take it easy this morning, rather than get up early and break our backs trying to get things done before we went out. So it was a bit of a potter about with extracting pots from the dishwasher, and then stacking it again, before we set off to Lutterworth to meet up with Dave and Chris and George and Sue for lunch.

As it happened, we were the first to arrive, much to everyone else’s astonishment. I don’t think we have ever been early in all the times we’ve met up with them over the years. But the journey was good, with the sun shining brightly, and the roads were fairly clear. Gone was the rain and there was very little water on the road.

We went to ‘The Elms’, which is just a standard pub offering a carvery lunch, but which we always enjoy. Naturally, we all piled our plates high and then sat back after we’d eaten, complaining of being very full. “Dessert, anyone?” George wondered as he perused the menu. Erm…… that’ll be a ‘no, thank you’. We had all eaten far too much food to squeeze in a dessert.

The lack of dessert didn’t stop us sitting at the table for hours on end, however, chatting away until gone four o’clock. Copious amounts of tea and coffee were consumed as we whiled away the afternoon, enjoying each others’ company. Loverly.

I came away the better, laden with a bottle of Prosecco and a plant as birthday gifts. Lucky me! Just what I like.

Regrettably, being a Pooh Bear of very little Brain, I forgot to take photos of us all, so it’s a blank page in that regard. Ah, well, next time, maybe?

Once we were home, we were still full after our lunch date, so we didn’t bother with anything to eat at tea-time. Rather, I sat and put the football on to see how the Canada vs Belgium match would turn out, but mostly fell asleep through it….. I think John stayed awake though!

And then, of course, being a Wednesday, it was Quiz Night. As always, great fun and great to be puzzling over the answers. We thought we were on fire this evening as we answered a lot of the questions correctly. However, it transpired that the quiz was easy so the 84% success rate didn’t mean as much as we thought it did!

Take care everyone – when I look at the world there’s some horrible goings-on, so I hope our corner of an ‘every day story of village folk’ soothes the soul. God bless.