There's no such thing as bad weather...
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Date: 14 January 2007 19:04:37
There's nothing like a birthday for being a great excuse to get all (or most) of the people you love together in one place. On Thursday I managed to fill our (smallish) living room with a whole lot of people and have a good old catch up with friends I really don't see as often as I should, even though they live round the corner! We had tea and cake, and then wine and more tea. And then champagne. And then I think more tea.
And yesterday I decided I wanted to go for a celebratory walk for my birthday, and, I could say 'dragged' some friends up a hill in the rain and wind, but they were fairly willing from what I could see. We did a shortish wander in the Brecon Beacons, in some of the strongest winds I'd experienced in ages. Apparently this wasn't *bad* weather, it was just more weather, extra weather. Specially for me. Aren't I lucky ;)
And after all that weather we just *had* to retire to a pub in Brecon, where we were joined by some more lovely (and possibly more sensible) people who hadn't walked, where we stuffed ourselves with lots of yummy food. And nice beer :)
All in all a wonderful couple of days, and I remembered again how lucky I am to have such fab friends. I couldn't make it home to my family in Manchester, but I had my adopted family in Swansea instead :D I had presents and cards posted to me from home, which made it feel more like a real birthday, and even my extended family made the effort to get my address for posting this year. I have the dvd of Walk the Line, which has that wonderful combination of a good storyline and amazing music (well it is Johnny Cash!) and a couple of new CDs from some friends who know me far too well :) And as if that wasn't enough, just to make even more fellow folkies jealous (not deliberate, honest!), Chris got us tickets to the big main Fairport Convention winter tour gig in Birmingham Symphony Hall!!! With support from Tiny Tin Lady and Show of Hands as special guests :D Not quite sure he knows what he's let himself in for... Feel very lucky and spoiled, but not complaining. Will take me a while to wipe this grin off my face though.