A nice surprise

We had a a bit of a ‘meh’ day, today, and we puffed and sighed our way through most of it.

Despite the pair of us being awake early, neither of us could winkle ourselves out of bed. When I finally got up, John could see I was a bit fed up, so he offered a variety of activities that he thought might cheer me up. In the end, I said ‘no, thank you’ – all I wanted to do was to get the utility room sorted out! John, for his part, was keen to get the printer working and to try and do more research on getting the Lotus going.

So, in between cups of coffee, a spot of lunch and some daytime TV, that’s what we did.

I was just scrolling through my social media apps on one of my many sit-downs, when I came across a reminder that the ‘Pub Lotus’ group were having their monthly meet-up this evening. “Do you want to go to that, John?” I asked. “There’s a meal at a pub just outside Stratford and then some chat to people about the cars.” Maybe, came the response. “Alright,” I said, “We’ll decide in an hour or so,” and I carried on with my cleaning and sorting job.

About four-thirty John decided, yes, he thought we’d go – but beforehand, he’d have a bit of a rest. Bless him, I had to wake him up when it was time to leave. But we did go. And we had a very nice time. Now, there’s a surprise.

We met some very nice and some very friendly people, some of whom were ‘useful’ in the sense that they knew about mending a Lotus, and some were just interesting for their own sake.

The meeting was held at Broom Hall Inn just outside Stratford and, thanks to John getting a wriggle on once he’d woken up, we arrived on time. We ordered some food and drinks and then sat down at a table where, fortunately, there was couple who were experienced Lotus drivers and menders. John was able to have a fruitful chat with them about his car and get some advice. The other couple on the table coincidentally live just a few miles from us , in Knowle, and were not car menders – simply Lotus drivers who loved their car. But we had children with psychology degrees in common, so a lovely chat ensued.

There were a few notices to be read out and, after that, all new people to the group were asked to stand up and introduce themselves. All everyone only really wanted to know was what sort of Lotus you’d got, and what colour the car was. So that was easy. Hehehe.

So the day ended on a high. Good-oh. More like that please.

Take care everyone. God bless.