Disappointment

So we get out the plastic table & chairs, give them a wash all ready to eat outside, then we go out for an hour or so. Things are surprisingly quiet for a sunny Bank Holiday, then we realise that the Big Match is on - Burnley at Wembley. Locals are all at home, eyes fixed on the TV. By the time we're home again the skies have clouded over, the temperature dropped & we're back to eating a simple homemade ham & pepper pizza, inside, as usual.

I wonder if this year we're going to do better than last year. Then we got the table out, sat out once and returned inside before we'd finished eating because it was just too cold, never to try again all summer. Oh where is that predicted BBQ summer?

Still the sky is blue once more today. Admittedly a chilly blustery wind has arrived, too. Not a day for eating out though I just might manage to do a bit of tidying in the garden.

This evening we're off out for the end of the month meal. Everyone is very excited. Except us. We just hope it's going to be better than last month's effort. I'm already beginning to regret to agreeing to make the arrangements.

The real problem is that this year there only seem to be 6 of us involved. MK & Helen aren't able to make it because of his health. PD & Lin are having an economy drive, encouraged too by PD's need to lose weight. Of the 6 that remain Little B, Fran & Den don't really get on too well, which leaves Mrs B & us to act as arbiters, trying to stop war being declared. And yet it is these three, Little B, Fran & Den, who are so keen on these meals. Through the month I keep being brought menus to look at, suggestions of places to try. I just wish they could get on better together so we could enjoy our meal in peace.