Oh my!

You may recall the curse of the Orkney trip I reported on at the end of June, but now we have the curse of the Midland Hotel. Cancelled 3 years ago, it was supposed to be to celebrate our friend V's 70th birthday and was cancelled because her husband J's health had taken a turn for the worse. We rebooked for June and had to cancel because we had Covid. We were supposed to be there today but our other friend S has just had a cancer diagnosis, so we cancelled again.
It might seem a daft thing but instead we took V out for lunch. Brooks in Brighouse and this was my oyster hors d'ouvre. Amazing.
Now we just need a good prognosis for S. I don't care whether we ever see the Midland again.