We met up with Dad & Joan on Saturday. The chaps spent time watching the golf and playing piano and guitar whilst Joan and I meandered along to the Handbag Exchange for a browse. It sells vintage designer bags at really great prices. Of course, I couldn't just browse..... I got a great beach bag for a fiver and a smart leather Burberry handbag for £30 - bargain!
Chad, Stephen and I wandered round the National Gallery for a while in the afternoon. They have the Three Graces there which I hadn't realised. It was about the same time we moved to Malvern that the fight went on to keep them in the UK. They were bought by the National Gallery of Scotland, the V&A and one of the Getty's... which is of course slightly ironic as it was the Getty Museum in Los Angeles that was trying to export them. The figure raised to keep them was a massive (at the time) £7.6M. That would barely get you a third rate Premiership footballer now!
We had dinner on Saturday in Wildfire on Rose Street. Oh my goodness the food and wine were superb! Really fresh ingredients beautifully cooked, great service and a lovely tiny restaurant. We will definitely be going back!
When we were having dinner the heavens opened. Rain was absolutely bouncing off the pavement. There was a certain deja vu here....Simple Minds were playing the Castle Esplanade that night and the heavens opened just at exactly the same moment they had when we were at the Duran Duran concert! I had tried to get tickets, but I'm rather glad that I didn't manage! Two soakings in 3 days would be too much...
We wandered back to the flat via a bar and a wine shop and met up with Eve and Chad. Evie had been in Chile for a week and was on Chilean time. We looked through the wedding album, drank wine and didn't get to bed until nearly 2am! I woke up at 6am and felt rough. Very rough! Time for another 3 hours sleep and a lot of water.
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