Friday was my day off, so I headed down to Greyabbey on Thursday night. Rick was sailing on Strangford Lough and he had just come in as I arrived at the sailing club.
Really beautiful evening so I just sat on the verandah and watched the sun set over Scrabo Tower as I waited for him to put the dingy away and get changed.
Went down to his house for a coffee and picked up Lilian who was with Katie and then we headed over to Donaghadee to stay with Carl and Mavis for the night.
Woke up to another beautiful hot day in Donaghadee. Had my morning coffee on the patio and looking out over the fields and the morning filled with birdsong.
We were all going to a funeral in Comber at lunchtime, (Bill's sister-in-law) and the Parish Church was packed on a very hot day.
We met Bill and Catherine afterwards and all went out for a meal in "Hoops" in Greyabbey and then back to the Martin's for coffee and a bit of craic.
Bill and Catherine and Carl and Mavis had all been away for a long weekend in England and in one B&B Bill, who is in the Orange Order, had discovered that Gerry Adams, the President of Sinn Fein, had previously slept in the same bed as he had! So he had to put up with all sorts of puns about "strange bedfellows" and "getting into bed with Republicans"!
After Bill and Catherine left I went outside just to check the horses. Beautiful evening. and a good day with good friends. We are truely blessed.