David is the first of the Last of the Summer Wine Walkers to reach 80, well almost as his birthday is not until Sunday but we met up this morning at The Buccleuch Centre for Coffee and then did an almost 4 mile walk round by the Pheasant Pens and The Curly Snake. Unfortunately not all of the gang could make it as Niall & Elspeth are still stuck in Australia, Martin & Aileen are in London and Peter & Elizabeth had to call off at the last minute due to illness. After the walk we headed back to The Buccleuch Centre for a grand Birthday Lunch complete with Cake and Champagne.
Sandria, Anne, John, Ken, David and Tom
Tom insisted on taking one with me in it.
The 2 Lady walkers with Alix and Gaye joining us for lunch.
David makes an excellent job of blowing out his candles first time.
Bringing up the rear as these three don't seem to be able to walk and talk at the same time. An excellent day in good company with loads of laughs. At the end Tom presented David with a book he had found during Lockdown in his house. It was a book of Short Scottish Stories from 1956 presented to David when he was Dux at Langholm Academy. David thinks he just came out of the church after the presentation and gave it to Tom saying he would never find time to read them. I should add that Tom has still not read them either.
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