We met an interesting character on Friday night. His name is Gerald.

#I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house, I don't know why I call him Gerald...

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Gerald it seems, goes to see Andy's band 'Gherkin' play in different places. He goes alone, has a couple of beers and watches the band play. Whilst there he makes a new friend. It was our turn on Friday. He works at Dungeness B the nuclear power station and he was interested to know about how it all worked. I bought him a drink as you do when in a group, he disappeared shortly after. Now I keep thinking how it is possible that he talks to people until they buy a drink, then he goes elsewhere thus never buying a drink for himself or anyone else. Nice. I hope that wasn't how it was in reality.

The band were great, their musical talent heightened only by Andy's sporting of a partcularly fetching sweater knitted by his dorset dwelling mother.

We spent Saturday evening in the company of S & W. A kitchen picnic party and the christening of our new breadmaker (even if having used the wrong yeast at that time - it is much improved now we have the right stuff!). Now some of you may think it sad that we have investied in a breadmaker. If so, then you have clearly never used one. We have been inducted in the breadmaking fraternity and it would seem it is the in thing of the moment. 'You mean you haven't got one?!' has been heard repeatedly this week, in the end making me concede defeat and jump on the proverbial bandwagon to see what all the fuss was about. Currently baking away with no effort from either one of us, is a delightful fruit loaf ready to be taken over to Nik's mum's for tea. The house smells lovely and watching the dough rise through the little window has not lost its novelty just yet - even sceptical Nik is excited!

Good luck to Steve for this week - we will be thinking of you :)