Spent the day with John and Dawn at our house in Cambridge, They arrived about 10 for breakfast and Michael made some lovely smoked salmon with scrambled egg on toast with rather luxurious smoked salmon that made it extra special. We opened our presents about midday, with a glass of sherry and it took quite a while because there were rather a lot of them!
Rush Hour was a big hit with us (thanks Tony and Gemma) and there’s also some good online versions (Traffic Jam). My nephew Lewis also got Rush Hour and he’s up to Level 13 (I’m still at 4!). Tried to have a stroll before dinner but we had a quick wander round the block in the rain. We passed a few people—about 6 groups, which was more than I expected.
We cooked a very nice wing rib of beef and had a relaxed dinner with rioja. Then settled down to chat and watched the heavily promoted Dr Who, which was cheesy, but enjoyable. I liked the angel Robots, quite scary! We had a little, teeny buffet and then some nostalgia with To the Manor Born, after a 25 year gap. It was great fun, and Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles and Angela Thorne did a really good job of getting back into the spirit of the original. Dawn had a nice long Skype video chat with her son, Ben, in Australia, which she hadn’t been expecting to do, so that was a nice surprise.
After John and Dawn went back to their apartment in Warkworth Street, we went for a stroll around Parker’s Piece at 11.15, which was (predictably) deserted,
We had a lovely relaxing Christmas day. Thanks for all my pressies too!
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