A thank you dinner

This evening I took Ally, Andrew and Sandy out for a thank you dinner. This was to thank them for all their help at our party in November. They cheerfully took people’s coats upstairs when they arrived, poured drinks, laid out food and organised the fireworks. I hasten to add that Jennifer and Chanel also did a huge amount to help, as I mentioned in my blog at the time. But tonight’s dinner was for the boys, and I was very glad that I had finally got round to organising it. I booked a rather good mid week deal at October, on the top floor of Prince’s Square, and we all met up there. I invited James at the last minute; he knows and likes Andrew and Sandy just as much as I do, so it made sense for him to come along. We were given a really nice round table on the balcony and the food was hearty if rather unremarkable. We chatted and laughed about all sorts of subjects and after dinner James and I headed home, leaving the boys to continue their evening without us oldies. On the way home James and I agreed that Alasdair has extremely pleasant friends.