So, our second May Bank Holiday dawned sunny and warm and plans to sit outside with our neighbours looked very promising! It does make me wonder what we'll be doing for the August Bank Holiday? I hope and pray that things will be more "normal"!
We spent the morning pottering about and doing very little. Sophie and I watched a couple of A Place in the Sun programmes with the properties in rural areas of France. Watching the people taking part wandering the streets of little French villages made me extremely wistful - how I would love to be there now, sitting outside a little bar, sipping a beer and enjoying the sunshine! Hopefully we will be able to do this in September, in Wimereux!
As the weather is set to be warm and sunny for at least the next ten days, I dug out my summer clothes from a drawer under our bed and ironed them all. We are almost at the end of May but I didn't cast any of my winter clothes out! I just put them to one side in the wardrobe!
At 4pm we all congregated outside and Keith set up our paste table covered with a tablecloth. Richard and Michelle set up opposite while Paul and Sharon, and Paul and Sharon (!) set up a bit further along. It was one of the Sharon's birthday yesterday so Paul gave us all a bottle of Prosecco to celebrate which we thought was lovely.
It was great to sit and relax and the weather was stunning with wispy clouds in the sky - they were definitely fair weather cirrus clouds and they looked like white brushstrokes in the sky.
Richard made Sophie a Margarita so at one point she had two drinks on the go! As well as the Prosecco, Paul had also made us scones with jam and clotted cream. They were delicious!
We all sat out until about 8pm and had a great chat. A couple of neighbours strolled past and we had a very enjoyable conversation with them. All from a safe distance of course!
Our plan had been to barbecue but this was knocked on the head and we decided to just have ham sandwiches instead, as we'd eaten the lovely scones and also enjoyed some Birthday cake.
The plan is to do it again on the 4th July when we hope that pubs and restaurants will re-open - maybe we can all get together on the front green and meet up with more of our lovely neighbours!
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