Saturday 9th December 2023

Woke around 0800. Aki got up and found her Happy Anniversary card, and box of truffle chocolates. I got up and warmed up the croissants I’d bought yesterday, which we ate with Nutella and jam, and washed down with coffee. We did a little sorting ahead of the arrival of tomorrow’s guests. Wandered over to Waitrose to buy beef steak for dinner tonight. Tried on some gilets in Selby’s. Liked the Barbour one. Came home via the library, dumped the shopping, then ventured out to the Upper Place for lunch at Pierro’s Italian cucina…we shared a couple of very tasty plates! Yummy! 

Came home and did some cleaning, vacuuming, and dusting. Cooked beef fillet steak for dinner, with sweet potato chips, baked tomato and mushroom, and vegetables…Aki made a tasty pepper sauce to go with it, and we washed it all down with a glass of champagne. Watched “Three Faces”, an Iranian film we found on the iPlayer.