To Thames Ditton by tube and train as Jenny and Doug have kindly invited us to lunch. Visiting with them definitely one of the nicest things about coming to London. We’re lucky because Elaine and Hugh have come as well, though Hugh is off pretty quickly after eating to join fellow Chelsea fans watching an away game against Aston Villa. So he gets to enjoy the roast chicken but not the cheese board that follows. His place taken by Emma and Giles and their family, though, the girls now in their teens.
Photo of the dining room table taken too late to convey its iconic nature. The table can seat twelve and have been here at Easters when it did. And every dining table should have not only food and wine but a large accompanying bookcase.
J’s umbrella salvaging comes in handy on our way home as “sprinkles” [as the translation from Turkish put it] continue but we arrive home happy and dry.
Note: Chelsea vs Aston Villa 2-2 tie.