Gathering

After walking Django, I made a leek, goats cheese and mint quiche for the evening. Then spent the afternoon at Julian's mum's flat, had a shower there and went to Portobello. We were invited by my rowing friend Catherine and her partner. They are back from a long trip in Australia, where unfortunately, Catherine ended up really ill, in ICU... It was touch and go for a while and she stayed in hospital for over three weeks. It was something to do with her liver, I think... Anyway, because they wee so far away and without they support network, four of us became her support group - her partner contacted us. She didn't want the whole club to know but still wanted to receive messages from people and know that some of us cared.
She is better now, but has lost a lot of weight and needs to build strength back - she has started gentle rowing again, which will help.  
It was a lovely evening - we all brought some food and it was just good to be together.