Old Boys' Network

Up early and off to Hawick for my appointment with Hazel the Hygienist. She's always upbeat so that was a great start to the day. And my teeth, which haven't been scaled and polished for nearly two years, look much shinier ...

The afternoon was spent with our dear chums over in Berwickshire. Charlie and TM were at school together, so they go back a long,long way. 

It was C's birthday today, and TM's last week. We had a splendid afternoon tea laid on by Catherine - game pie, salmon quiche, salad and cheeses, and a glass or two, though not for the designated driver, me :-(. And cake, of course.

They are landscaping their field garden (Charlie used to be a farmer and has all sorts of useful kit). Here he is explaining the finer points of the croquet lawn, or maybe it was the boules court. My suggestion of a zip-wire was politely ignored ...

Somehow it was after seven when we left, and still we hadn't put the world to rights. We will have another go soon, no doubt.