My 63rd birthday started slowly...got up and took a shower before heading downstairs for some breakfast. Rained pretty much all day, so any plans to meet up with Jim and Karen at the Festival in Alnwick were swiftly shelved. Spent most of the morning watching Olympic coverage. Leigh popped round with some fresh eggs. Kath came over for lunch, and we managed a brief walk round Big Water out Hazelrigg way. Lots of swans, ducks and geese, many of whom came aground to greet us in the forlorn hope that we'd brought some food with us.
Drove back via Sainsburys in the village, nearly getting stuck in traffic in the car park. Took a gander at the new pool and leisure complex which has replaced the old sports centre. Quite an impressive looking edifice. Got back for a cuppa tea and some birthday cake before ma started preparing a roast chicken dinner. Watched "Chappaquiddick", a film with a made-for-TV air about it, detailing the scandal that surrounded Ted Kennedy after a car accident in which his passenger died. He didn't come out of the tale with flying colours, it has to be said. Yet he managed to hang on and become a highly respected and long-serving senator.
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