Last Sunday lunch at Bill and Jane's. David and Susan give us a lift out. Bill's famous fish pies and Jane, ambitiously, makes blini as a starter. With smoked salmon and crème fraiche style topping. Very nice. Also apple pie, to which Bill adds a few raisins. Harry arrives on his Harley after we've eaten, having previously given warning that he'll be late. They've saved him some of the lunch, though, and he keeps us entertained as he eats, reminiscing about the days when he captained commercial ships. There are an endless supply of the stories; today's featuring a ship off the coast of Africa carrying five passengers as well as goods, two of them being then president Nkrumah of Ghana and his bodyguard.
Home in the evening watch the swifts as they engage in aerial acrobatics. Swifts even mate and sleep on the wing. Their tiny legs are not well designed for perching but the long wing span allows them to coast for extended periods.
Photo: Paweł Kuźniar
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