Together Again

MrsDroog and I welcomed our friends Karen and Antonio to Otley this evening.

Karen was MrsDroog's tutee, as was I, and the closest friend at university that I didn't marry. She has suffered with ill health for years, yet remains positive and funny and caring and dutiful.

The scuffle over the bill was, as the Duke of Wellington described the Battle of Waterloo, a close-run thing; however, I had arrived at the restaurant first and nobbled Il Patrone, so in spite of our guests' attempt to pay, the result was always going to go our way.

What a lovely way to end International Talk Like A Pirate Day. ARRRRRRRRRR!