Birthday Boy

It was always going to be a gala day celebrating His Lordship’s Big Birthday and the mood was set before 8o’clock in sunshine, when we realised that someone had strung a line of Union Jacks along the railings in front of the Dower House, but who? We had a prime suspect and he turned out to be the man- JoppaStrand. He had travelled across town to surprise us and he certainly did that! Thank you JS!

Then came the visitors, David and Luca at lunch time to eat cake and quaff champagne followed by HL’s daughter and her partner to help us with sandwiches, jelly and ice cream (by special request of HL), more cake and more champagne and finally #2 daughter and grandson Seb who serenaded us , (if that is the right word), from the patio with a medley of tunes on the bagpipes.
It was a lovely day for everyone.

the extras are the flags and the piper