Well. All my efforts were gratefully received!
Philip and his mother arrived at about 2015 so the soup was all ready to go and I'd had time to lay the table and make everything nice in the cottage. Quite the little homosexual host I've turned out to be; bottles of water in each bedroom and things in fridge and everything.
Did some bits and bobs of shopping in the after and wandered over to Brian's for a beer in the early afternoon. Xavier was there and so I had one cigarette just to tide me over until the weekend.
Warm today - reached 22 degrees. It's been particularly nice the last few days. Tra la la!