Happy Birthday 2

Four of our oldest, most long standing friends came to celebrate. Once upon a time we were young people together. Once upon a time we took regular holidays together as families. Now it's been several years since we were all together. So the Big Birthday seemed a good time to have a reunion. We played games, shared meals, talked a lot and laughed too. The nice thing about such old friends is that you can just pick up where you left off.

Some of you may understand what's going on in the photo below. The men are trying to reproduce a black and white 'snap' (if you remember that word it dates you) that used to sit on our piano, of several, was it four or five we argued, young men looking wise and inscrutable. These were three of the original group. HoF is carefully balanced on one-and-a-bit legs as he has been told he can bear 25kg.

On Monday we accompanied N to a boat builder's yard. He has a scheme to have a barge made so that when he retires they can
go and live on the canals. He's looking for someone who can build it to the plan he's drawn. Is it a pipe dream? We'll see. And if it comes off, we're promised a trip.