I said we were heading to the Highlands, but
before that we converge on Durham to
meet up with some family members.
Here we are at our niece’s house, and Gillian’s daughter, Neve, displays a fine
ballet pose while her brother, Guy, serves nibbles – aren’t they cute?
The girls – my sister, Marina, Gillian, Neve and I –
demurely enjoy a drink together in the lounge, while in the beautiful, new kitchen
something very, very scary is happening!
Here the lads – Zissis and Gillian’s husband, John – enjoy a
glass and a chin-wag. And I’m certainly not going to say anything about John’s
choice of T-shirt, given that he was kind enough to lend us these cool wheels
for our Highland Haj.
John, as you know I am no bible-thumper, but your generosity
brought to mind the lovely passage from the King James version, 1st Corinthians, 13:13 :
‘And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; and the greatest
of these is charity.’
On the way we saw an Eddie
Stobart lorry. ‘So what?’, I hear you say. Ah well, there is a whole celebrity
cult related to these vehicles. There is a Club Stobart which offers membership
packs, calendars, magazines, etc.. But
this goes out to the serious anoraks, the members of the Eddie Stobart Spotters’ Fan Club: this lorry, the Rosemary Lynne, was spotted
between 1400—1500 on Friday 15th April, heading north to Glasgow,
via Gretna Green, okay? Just wanted to share that with you guys!
Of course, one has to
record that wonderful moment when one crosses the border into Scotland - yay!!
But that is as far as we are going for the time being. Tomorrow
is May 1st and Orthodox Easter Sunday so I have some Easter soup to prepare- well,
our own relaxed version of it!
Neighbours, Anna and Ioannis show us how the lamb should be prepared and
roasted while Zissis' sister, Voula, is THE ace Easter bread-maker.
Our wish to you all is: may your souvla be sun-kissed and your tsoureki
scrumptious!
Happy Orthodox Easter!
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