On Friday morning we headed out mid-morning to see Marie (Holly and Kimberley's old guitar teacher). She couldn't have been more welcoming and lovely. At the age of 75 she seemed amazingly fit and healthy. She hardly sat still the whole time we were there, fussing over us and ensuring we all had enough food and drink. Her husband Barry was equally endearing, cracking jokes every few minutes (quite a few at the pom's expense). It was great to see how switched on he was at over 80 and how much life he had left in him. We sat down to lunch and were served up spag bol with bread and butter. Marie's son Steve was also there as well as his filipino wife and kid. The experience was one of my favourite of the trip so far.
We said goodbye mid-afternoon and headed into The Dockyard, a bar along Newcastle foreshore, where we met up with Susan and Kent. It was great to finally meet them both. After a couple hours of chatting we parted ways and headed back to Fennell Bay.
On getting back I had another dip in the pool to cool off.
We had ham salad for dinner and I decided to stay up late and watch the early morning football and cricket on Fox...I was amazed that they had all the premier league games on (the only downside being that it started at 2am). Fortunately England won the Twenty20 cricket against India with a 6 off the last ball. Glorious! :-). Lie in tomorrow!!
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