James & lisa for lunch

Menu:

• Fishcakes with parsley sauce
• Local Barbequed Guinea fowl with sage, prosciutto & Lemon - delicious. Boned & rolled
• Apple & date tart
• Brazillian chocolate cake

Rapunzel performance at school

George was stage manager

Graeme, Marion & Alaistair here

Morrisons here from Saudi.

George in rehersals all day - went through most of the technical parts of the play. She is stage manager and enjoying working with the new lighting man.

Very windy this weekend

Nigel & Jo for dinner

Day was spent preping for dinner with Nigel & Jo. Menu was:

• Butternut Squash And Pea Risotto
• Slow Roasted Salmon With Red-Miso Lemongrass Broth
• Crème Au Chocolat Bitter Avec Sa Gelee Au Cacao (chocolate creme brulee & chocolate jelly)
• Warm Berry Compote With Lemon Mascarpone & Pepper Tuiles

It all went well. Choc Creme Brulee was a bit grainy. Berries were excellent, although slightly tart.

Lupo into garage

Took car into Grants of Bath garage in Batheaston to get gear lever problem fixed. Earlier this week took to Larkhall garage but they were useless. Car not ready as expected as the key had been lost.

St Albans weekly meeting

3rd trip to St Albans for UK Broadband recovery program. Problems with train again.

Fathers Day

Fathers day in UK. Got new REM CD (Accelerate) from George. Went to Wheelwright Arms (in Monkton Combe) for dinner. My car broke down outside pub - problem with gearbox inhibiter switch - couldn't move gear lever or start. Ended up calling RAC who, after fiddling with it, managed to start it.

Jaynes birthday