Up early, breakfast in bed and out by 10am as spending the day in Deal with an old friend and her gorgeous little baby daughter. A bit of fog on the way down and managed to get slightly lost in the town before finding her house but at the pub just after 12.30 for lunch. It was really cold, probably the coldest I've ever been in a pub, but it was a lovely afternoon. Eventually we were 7 adults and 2 little girls round a big comfortable table. The girls were beautifully behaved and when we left the bar staff were very friendly and smiley towards us, so they were likely besotted too.
Five of us then went on for a curry which wasn't bad and tried to work out who the large table of men were. After quickly deciding they were probably friends rather than colleagues and out on a low-key stag night, we got bored with them and didn't even notice when they left.
Apart from a half of cider with lunch, I'd been drinking coffee and soda water so drove home, in silence apart from occasional snores and snufflings from He Who Had Consumed A Few Pints As Well As A Curry. There was a lot of fog between Deal and Dover and I felt envious of our friends who live in Ashford as we drove past and on up the M20 but arrived home safely at half past midnight. A grand day out, but next time we go to Deal I really must have a look at the town and the seafront as well, not just the inside of pubs and restaurants.
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