Civil Partnership Day!

The day dawned with sunshine to greet everyone which considering the weather we had the previous days, was a great surprise! Doogie and Rod had bought themselves a wee treat - a second car! Classic Mercedes with cutomised number plates that on arrived the day before!This picture does not do them or the car justice so I'm hoping some better ones are forthcoming in the next few days!
Frank and I nipped into Anstruther to time the walk for after the ceremony at the Town Hall most of the guest were following the yellow brick road back to the Craw's Nest! it turned out to be a little gay pride march, rainbow flag to the fore and rainbow balloons that that made the Town Hall such a gay place to be held by the children! Wonderful!

WOW! Some weekend!

The Civil Partnership and Wedding of Dogie (Duncan) & Rod (Rodney) was a superb event and truly lived up to expectations being worthy of the planning, organisation, negotiations, and financial outlay! As MC for the day I had the honour of making sure things went ahead to a timetable and all the elements of the day coming together! Actually feeling more nervous that at our own day, I was aware of the responsibilities such a role brings with it! It's for others to judge as to how I carried out those responsibilities but I can honestly say I tried my best! Seeing Walter, Marco and Doreen was an extra treat although I would have loved to have more time with them to catch up on all the happenings but that was not to be!

The Craws Nest Anstruther was the venue for the Wedding Breakfast and evening celebration and I have written to them a "thank you note" for going that extra mile and having staff who worked so hard in making the arrangements happen! Excellent!

Frank and I booked into the Craw's Nest and wandered into the "Dreel Inn" for dinner. Lovely old inn where Rod's mum works occasionally. Food was fine with a starter of Mussels (really a taster rather than a starter with 6 mussels to tempt you to have it as a main course the next time); a rather thick and unrecognisable puree of vegetables present as the soup of the day but us both having excellent sirloin steaks! Skipped puddings as I suspected they might be a "Brake Brother" delivery!

Back to the hotel guest arriving and family mingling with some apprehensions about "this is my first Civil Partnership" funny that it was Doogie & Rod's as well! By the early hours of the morning a group remained and Sandy (who was to read the cards to the couple the next day) suggested we introduce ourselves and say something about how we felt! GREAT idea and plenty of ammunition for later on in the day!

Out and About!

Returned after 1200 mile trip to see Andy, Joan and Ray! Intention being to attend London Pride last Saturday but as it was too hot (weather that is) we had a day shopping in Reading and being entertained at Ray and Joan's!

Sunday visited the Old Devil Inn - which was a good as last year and ate far too much, so hope the Alli tablets work! Returning to Austwick we trimmed Andy's bush and we hope killed it off in the process! However the main news in that Andy's new home is very homely and once he has put his touches around the place will be very much a place to be! Also Robin from down under is doing the regal visit and is hoping to be with us on 2012 for the Olympics! Wow great news and we hope a visit to Yorkshire and Scotland would be on the list! Frank hopes to escape work that June so it may be that we are down in England by then! So a great week away and lovely time with good friends!