Beer,curry and a Turkish!

Had our good friends Stan, Kas & Dan to stay over afew days recently which was great fun. On Wednesday Ella, Julian, Kevin & Bev joined us for dinner, a four bird roast no less (goose, chicken, turkey & duck) which was very jolly,it was my Birthday on Thursday we went out for a curry & very good it was too. We went to The Vantage, there's a nice selection there and it caters for Tara's food requirements as well, quite a crowd of us being Tara & I, Stan, Kas, Dan, Matt, Andy, Tom, Gary, Ellie, Oliver, Laura. Even got Tara's umbrella back that we left there last time we were there, & that was afew months ago!
Drinking and carousing with Stan, Matt & Kevin at The Globe on Friday was great fun despite the incoming flak received later, followed by a very pleasant evening with Sandy & Andy plus Ed & Evelyn for food & drinks. Sandy & Andy brought their little dog Harvey round to meet Ida which worked very well, I would have been surprised if it hadn't to be honest.
   Met up with Ruby & Monty's owners on Saturday morning for a walk to see how they got on with Ida which I'm pleased to say worked really well then after that we followed Kas & Stan & Dan to Hitchin where they were staying for their St Agnes Fountain gig on Sunday at the Folk Club. We also met up, albeit briefly, with Agnes & Tweety. It was really nice to see them.
 Unfortunately The Sun Hotel had been taken over by a wedding there all day & night so we couldn't use the bar or restaurant, eventually went to a nearby Turkish restaurant which was very nice if alittle dear compared to the curry of a couple nights previously.
Snow had fallen during the night so when we left them on Sunday midday we knew our journey may take alittle longer, though we didn't bank on two & a half hours to drive the twelve or so miles home!! The police stopped the traffic completely near the airport to let a snow plough go up and down the road a couple of times to clear the way but despite a tedious end its been a great few days & I'm a year older!

Kas, Tara, Matt & Andy, plus waiter at The |Vantage.

The Dynamic Duo of Tom & Dan

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Family sized naan bread to share, a great idea but we ordered three! Two would have been fine!

Me, Matt, Stan & Kevin at The Globe.



Turkish now! Tara's meal of stuffed vine leaves.

Forget what mine was called but it was a 600 year old Ottoman recipe for stew.