Fruity...

Playlist
Various – Rock & Pop Jukebox on Shuffleplay
Hawkwind – In Search of Space
Hawkwind – Hawkwind
Tim Buckley – Anthology
Bob Marley – Catch a Fire
John Coltrane – My Favourite Things
David Bowie – Young Americans
The Go Betweens – Best Of
Van Morrison – Verden Fleece
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
Hawkwind – Doremi Fasol Latido

Back to FOPP again, where I carried out my planned Hawkwind raid, picking up their first four studio albums for £3 each...

Also bought what I thought was a rather trendy FOPP shoulder bag, made from recycled plastic bottles (£2 including a charitable donation – I was the first person to purchase one apparently)...

Anne declared it far from trendy...

The cold continued to dog my day...

In the evening, to brother-in-law Keith and wife Maureen’s for a celebrationary dinner with sister-in-law Jane and husband Bobby and Anne’s mum...



I’d forgotten Anne had suggested an extensive cutlery set would be a good 25th anniversary gift, so, opening the large package presented to us was a surprise for me...



Keith had cooked the meal, a starter of Moroccan salad followed by a lamb stew (including strawberries – a master stroke) and cous cous, and a chocolate moose for sweet...

Tasty...

And, to round things off, a specially created cake...



Much wine was consumed by all other than (driving) Bobby – who always seems to want to get home to his kids – so Bobby, Jane and Anne’s mum headed home around 10:45 while Anne, Keith, Maureen and I shot the proverbial breeze till two in the morning...

A taxi delivered us home to Crispycat Towers around 2:20 am...

Straight to bed, with very annoying cold symptoms still very much present...

A good night...

Highlight of the Day : Dinner at Keith and Maureens’...