Christmas Day

We had our breakfast on the deck -scrambled eggs and smoked salmon and a glass of bubbles.

We opened our presents and I was very pleased to find an eReader from Jon. Angela had given me some Korean lemon tea which looks like a jar of marmalade. Jon liked the puzzle I got for him and the frame for the photo of his mum that Christine sent over.

We then took Totty down to Rotary Park and Jon set the timer on the camera to take a photos and then ran round to stand by me. The man who looks after the park saw us and asked if we wanted him to take one but we had already managed to get one.

When we got back we got our picnic ready and after a coffee (no place open today to buy one) we set off to the beach.

It was quite cloudy on the beach but warm. We set up our tent, chairs and sunshade and were set for the day. We had salad and courgette and bacon bake for lunch followed by fresh fruit for pudding and a couple of glasses of bubbles.

When we got back we had a shower and then a cup of tea and I actually cut the Christmas cake as we didn't have any other cake to eat. I haven't cut the cake on Christmas Day for years as there is usually so much other food around.

We took Totty out and then I cooked our dinner of marinated lamb steaks and a chickpea and pasta salad with mint and it was very good. We had brandy baskets and fresh pineapple with passion fruit ice cream for pudding with a nice desert wine and cheese.

The girls came online and we had a call with them to watch them open their stockings. The call kept freezing so it was hard to keep up with the conversation but it was lovely to see them all happy.

We went to bed quite content.

WEATHER
Cloudy but warm and 24 degrees