Breakfast was bacon and sausage ciabattas with coffee and tea, and after we'd eaten we spent a long time fruitlessly looking at trousers. From M&S we went to Boots so that Keith could pick out an aftershave but all the samples were locked away, and there were no staff about to help. I bought myself some mascara and lipstick (the first items of make-up in over two years), and then we ambled across the car park to Fraser's.
At least here we could spray ourselves with scent and soon both of us were covered in different aftershaves! We also had a look at clothes, but we were both astounded by the prices! I must be so out of touch with how much things cost at the moment! One ordinary looking grey sweatshirt was £100 just because it had a designer label on it!
Sophie texted us to say she was getting the bill so we arranged to meet her outside Fraser's. We sped home as we were going to the neighbourhood barbecue which started at 12.30pm. Driving onto our estate we could see tables and barbecues already set up on the front green.
We all changed because it was getting warmer by the minute, and then lugged everything up to the green. As before, there were two distinct camps, but we did meet a couple of people we'd never spoken to before, and we had a lovely time chatting and drinking (non-alcoholic) wine in the sun.
Monty had followed us up to the green, and stayed with us, mingling with everyone and completely stealing the show. Numerous people asked if they could pick him up - no - but he seemed happy just roaming around and receiving lots of attention.
Keith cooked a burger for us, and at 4pm I drove Sophie into town as she had an appointment at the beauty salon. I sat in the car and waited and almost fell asleep! Back home Keith had returned and was dozing on the sofa as well. He said that one of the little boys next door had come into the house and was asking him loads of questions, which he found very amusing!
Keith fancied a beer at the pub in the evening, and he wanted to see how Ian was, so I dropped him off and went home to play Scrabble with Sophie. However, neither of us really felt like playing, so I suggested going to see if we could follow a huge hot air balloon I'd seen hovering over the village. I thought it was coming our way but in fact, it was heading over towards Maidwell.
We followed for a while but it became obvious that we weren't going to keep up with it, so we headed back to the pub in Walgrave and had a drink with Keith. Ian was there, but he looked quite ill and seemed very out of breath. He said that covid had hit him really hard despite being double vaccinated.
Back home Keith had some leftover chicken and bread for supper, while Sophie and I had a pizza and salad. I will be very glad tomorrow when we're back to our routine of having a proper dinner in the evening!
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