Le Grand Depart

Chocolate and beetroot? - Yummy!

For Greyrocks "De-carnavalising" ran into Closedown,  Migration Packing, Last GP Visit and "The London Property Project". Annoyingly early April also saw the wind drop significantly and some gloriously sunny afternoons of which we could only take partial advantage. Still,  there were three social functions. Most significantly there was a Golden Wedding Anniversary party for Julian and Yvonne. (They were married on the day that Radio Caroline first broadcast!)
Following a trend Greyrocks thinks it established it was a "do" at The Blue Rock with a buffet cooked by Casbah Mike and a cake by Eileen, which was a glimmering and sparkling work of art. A great time was had by all!
A few days later many of the female folk held a Ladies' Lunch at La Plaza which morphed into cocktails at the other La Plaza. (En route Ruth dropped in at the Municipal Offices with an ancient laptop which they offered to deal with environmentally. Greyrocks had spent much of a morning previously getting out the hard disk and killing it with hammer and boiling water)
Finally there was a pair of birthdays the day before departure. Sensibly six of us held a little party next door the previous evening (well it started in the afternoon, really!) with Ruth trying in tandem to sort out some IT issues for Pete. On the night itself we made it to Rock Island to meet both birthday folk but came away early to prepare for departure. Technology fought back as a mobile phone sneaked its way into a pocket and got a 40 degree wash!

Next day (April 9th) Greyrocks flew to Barcelona.