Four characters go out to lunch
Here we are at the White Hart pub just outside Oxford. We had a delicious lunch and enjoyed the olde worlde pub atmosphere. Why Oxford? Well, last weekend, Gill and I drove there to visit Brian and Lili in Lili's new home ... a home she's going to have to learn to share. They announced their engagement while we were there and so the house will soon become the matrimonial property - yahoo! Gill was thrilled with the announcement, of course, and I must say that I'm delighted too. Lili is lovely, personable, intelligent, and fun. And we all know that Brian is all of those things too.
In said new house, Brian has been busy doing man's work and is doing a good job of it. His mother is quite astounded at this new talent surfacing - chuffed too, needless to say, but mystified all the same. I guess he's kept that side of himself quite well concealed :-).
Having been relegated to the role of chauffeur, I was pleased to survive the drive to Oxford and back. Actually, we took a lot of secondary roads and saw some beautiful countryside. So it wasn't so nerve-wracking. Along the way, we had a picnic in a lovely little park and managed to get to our Oxford destination quite easily. Sam behaved himself very well and left with a few return invitations from his respective hosts. He's easier on the wine supply than we are!