To St Neots for some shopping to prepare for our BBQ on what was forecast to be the only fine day and then to St Neots riverside Park , To Croxton for a family lunch and on to Hemingford Abbots and then to the Huntingdon and Godmanchester Fair and Carnival where the girls played on a bouncy castle before stopping off at Brampton Garden Centre for £130 of plants and coming home for a swim. Hippies are trying to gather at Stonehenge for tomorrow’s Summer Solstice and there are more violent clashes in South Korea with demonstrators again being dispersed with tear gas
Managed to revive Di when I retired to bed last night and then slept soundly until I was short of covers in the early morning. A bit weary after the work to the moorings last night and so only made breakfast in my pyjamas & dressing gown. Showered, shaved and dressed after and then out to tend the ducks and doves. The river has been well up (and was still so when I went down there this morning), but did not quite pass over the piling. Locked & alarmed the house and took the girls to St Neots to do some shopping. We parked in the Riverside car park and had drinks at the open air cafe. Deb and Della had a play on the swings/slide and then we all walked to Waitrose to do some shopping for a barbecue this afternoon. The weathermen told us that today would be the only fine and sunny day and we wanted to make the most of it. I had phoned the Smith family to see if they wanted to come over for a swim, but they were too busy, but we decided to have a nice barbecue anyway. As an experiment, I got a trout, a dozen chicken drumsticks, 4 kebabs, as well as the normal hamburgers.
Dropped these off to our fridge at home, collected Daniel from his school bus, and then drove to the Croxton Happy Eater for lunch. Good service today, but they have ceased putting out jugs of water on the tables. Drove to Hemingford Abbots this afternoon, but found that the flower and garden festival was not until next week. Going home via Huntingdon, we stopped off at the Huntingdon & Godmanchester Fair & Carnival and had some fun. First the girls played on a ‘Bouncy Castle’, then we stayed and watched the Floats & Procession and it was very good. On to the Brampton Garden Centre, where I bought a host of standard roses, Santolina, Erica Cornea etc etc (more than £130-worth) and then a squeeze to get the plants & family into the Range Rover! Home to light the barbeque. Daniel’s friends Steve and Gary had come and so we invited them to our barbeque. The girls and boys had a good swim, whilst I grilled all of the food we purchased and it was all eaten and enjoyed by the assembled company. After this I had a swim with Debbie & Della, keeping them happy, whilst Di cleared up after the barbeque. Later, the boys cleaned our two cars and I got them a tank of petrol for Daniel’s boat in return. Watched TV with them until Gary’s Dad picked up him & Steve (who is staying the weekend with him). Some TV sport, my journal and then to bed. Main news stories are the exploits of the Hippy campers, who are trying to rendezvous at Stonehenge for tomorrow’s Summer Solstice celebrations and are headed off. And then, on a sourer note, violent clashes in South Korea again, with tear gas being used on mass demonstrators.