A bit like speed dating but without the potential for rejection 😉
Today was a day of Great Anticipation because The Barts Were Coming :).
I whiled away a lot of the day faffing with my laptop as I had been blocked by various places as a spammer. No idea whether someone had actually hacked in to my account and was sending emails persuading everyone in my address book they need penis enlargement or offering to sell them viagra or if it was an over zealous reaction to having sent lots of emails to the Middlewick office over the last few days triggering some sort of automated thing. I did manage to sort it out eventually but it was *very* frustrating.
I also did some more online stuff for Jill, some more rewriting the guest information welcome packs and researching local cafes and restaurants (Jill suggests we do actual research next week by trying some out, I’m up for that :)).
Ady did more chopping and clearing and burning – which inspired Jill to come up with the idea of Friday Fish at the Fire night to make use of the fire and invite loads of people over to eat a HUGE salmon cooked in the fire along with jacket potatoes and some eggs cooked on shovels :).
The kids spent some time making a film about Middlewick, which we’ll edit next week and upload, fed the animals, played outside and did some drawing and Humphrey worship.
I walked up to Paddington with Davies, Scarlett and Maggie to pay for the piglets and check what innoculations they have had. I was hoping to see Simeon and Miranda but they were not about.
Kirsty & James arrived just as I was dealing with a new arrival who had found the remote control for their TV missing batteries (seriously, the previous occupants had nicked the batteries out of the remote control!!). Greeting of our friends took place along with a quick tour of part of the complex and then Jill appeared with The Salmon Of Glory and Ady disappeared off to start cooking. The rest of us went out to join them round the fire and a very nice evening with plenty of drinking, laughing and eating took place with Jill and Johnny, Kirsty & James, J&J’s friends John & Julie, Allie and Herbie and some guests who came along for a half hour chat too and were really interested in us and our WWOOFing adventure :).
The kids all retired to our cottage and the rest of us eventually drifted off and then we had a cup of tea and chat back in our cottage with Kirsty & James before they headed back to their Travelodge with plans to return for breakfast. It’s so lovely to share this place with friends and always fab to catch up with The Barts. We’re really looking forward to showing them round Glastonbury tomorrow and having a full day with them. 🙂
So glad they made it. Was really worried they wouldn’t be for a while.
Comment by Michelle — 21 January 2012 @ 9:09 am