May 1

 Up at 6:15, shower and downstairs to write up my journal. Julie and  Dean's 27th anniversary today. He will be leaving on the 8:45 train from Gobowen to Glasgow this morning. We dropped him at the station, the train was on time. He arrived in Glasgow at 1:15. The first thing he did was go to a pub and order haggis and beer. He'll be attending a concert in Glasgow and coming home on Sunday. 

It's a bit of a dreary day here so Steve and I drove back to the train station and purchased tickets for Dean and I for Monday leaving Gobowen  about 10 arriving Euston about 2.
Back at the house and we put on a fire in the snug to take the chill off. It was very nice. Due to the weather we agreed this would be a quiet day with everyone catching up on some screen time, blogs, etc. 
About 2:00 we went into Oswestry. Stephen and Caroline were finalizing some of the finishing details in their new bathroom. Over to Sainsbury's for some groceries, back to the house about 4. It was raining and about 15 degrees. We had a nice fire going in the TV room and just relaxed until about 6 p.m. when we had supper - a delicious lamb lasagna substituting aubergine(eggplant) for cheese. It was wonderful. A nice garden salad with a glass of wine. 
After supper we played two games of Five Crowns which I lost really badly; Stephen and Caroline each won one. 



Lots of good conversation and up to bed at 11. wrote up my journal and this blog.

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