The weather has
continued to be abysmal, with just the occasional couple of hours on
some days being mild and sunny. So we've managed a few walks and shopping trips, but otherwise we're content to stay
inside.
It was the occasion of
the Halloween party last night. The day started – in the pouring
rain and strong winds – with a coffee morning in aid of MacMillanCancer Support, and a good number of wet folk turned out for
that. We bought seven DVDs and a really smart, new, boxed pair of
packs of high quality playing cards (we play RummiKub a lot, but with cards rather than tiles!) from
the bric-a-brac stall, and enjoyed coffee and cake there. At the
party in the evening – which started in similar weather – there
were raffles, auctions and cake sales to raise more money for the
same charity. £500 was raised last year, and Carol, the organiser,
was hoping to top that this year.
The party was good fun,
needing two adjoining marquees to accommodate the crowd, much bigger than last year. The ground was sodden, with puddles
actually inside the marquees in the morning, but the farmer owners of the marina had
supplied loads of straw, and by the evening the ground was covered with a
thick layer which stopped the water from being a problem. There
was live music provided by a number of the moorers, a quiz (in which
our table came second of seventeen), and Indian or Chinese food
delivered from local take-aways. A number of people were in fancy
dress. Unfortunately, some of my photos suffered from poor lighting
where I used zoom, and the flash didn't illuminate the subject
adequately, but I include them anyway, for the record. The best fancy
dress in my opinion, but not according to the majority, was a pirate,
but my photo of him really was too bad to keep.
We left the party at
around 11:00, and the skies had cleared to leave a very clear,
starbright sky, and it looked very likely that we would have a hard
frost. However, we woke this morning to more heavy rain. We're going
back to St Albans today, probably until Tuesday. It'll be good to see
the “kids” again! It's an opportunity, too, to take stuff back
for the winter.
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