Day 26 - Art Attack

Another bright spring day, another day without golf... Still went up to the Club though to meet with the General Manager and the Director of Golf just to run through a couple of things ahead of the weekend's golf and in preparation for the Easter weekend, when we have three tournaments planned.  Didn't stay long though as we had plans for the afternoon.

Kathryn and I went up to Battersea to attend the first day of the Affordable Art Fair.  We have been going for the past few years off and on, and have usually come back with something. It's such a great concept: it must house more than 50 galleries under one roof and the rules are that everything on sale must be priced at between £100-£5,000.

The doors opened at midday and we arrived just after 1 pm, so I was surprised to see how many people were already there, tucking into the wine and snacks available and, by the look of the queue to have artwork packed up for shipping, buying with gusto!

We did a quick recce before spending a bit more time at some of the galleries that took our fancy. Sometimes you just wish that you had a big house with lots of white walls, as some of the art is stupendous, but would never work in a domestic context.  We did though pick up a couple of paintings and have been busy ever since trying to rearrange pictures to fit them in!

On the way home we stopped off for tea and cakes at my daughter's flat just off Northcote Road. Every time I go there, I am always blown away by the energy and life in that part of London: she is a lucky girl!

Then home to make dinner for the Prodigal S who is home tonight. This time, it's an Angela Hartnett recipe for ox cheeks with rosemary polenta: one of the family's favourites!  And it also merits opening a decent bottle of red: a seriously grown-up South African wine called "Chocolate Block". Yum...