Family and Friend commitments today kept me away from the Old Marlburians match at Burhill. We set off for Uley in Gloucestershire this morning: our first long drive in the new car. All went well, despite the usual incidents on the M4, which our traffic-aware SatNav managed to avoid. Best man, Ian, and wife Debs have moved from Surrey to take on a former mill with associated gardens, fields and outbuildings. They are doing a fantastic job and everything looked very much under control - though there is obviously an enormous amount of effort required behind the scenes!
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| University College Class of 1976 |
It was great to get together with College friends (yes, it's almost 40 years ago that we arrived in Oxford as naive freshers...) and amusing how everyone reverts to type within a few nanoseconds of getting back together. Enormous kudos goes the to the long-suffering wives...
Home again with nary a concern...well that's not quite true: the car battery was in the "amber" zone when we arrived with "35 miles left in the tank", which gave us a few worries as we have yet to really understand how accurate the on board computer is. On today's evidence, the answer seems to be "very", which bodes well for the future.
Home by 18:30 in time to help in getting an evening BBQ onto the table as we had the opportunity to get together with the in-laws-to-be and wider family. Fortunately, the evening was mild and we were able to sit outside until the late evening, which was a real bonus. Lots of talk about past weddings and some discussions of the one to be, on which much more anon!
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