Friday, 6 April 2007

We woke early to the debris of the previous day. A few willing hands had helped the night before, but the house was still in a state of considerable dishevelment. It took an hour or two to get things in a reasonable state, and then we got in the car for the drive southward.

The plan was that we would drop Bobby and Bryan off in Brighton, and then Jackie and I would drive off to the South Downs for a few days. We arrived in Brighton to discover that Bobby had lost his door key and none of his flatmates had stayed in Brighton over Easter; so my honeymoon began with a spot of breaking and entering.

But, by mid-afternoon Jackie and I had arrived in East Meon and met our host Marjorie, a wonderfully warm woman who made us feel very welcome. We enjoyed a walk around Petersfield visiting the church and enjoying a meal and later a drink at Ye Old George in East Meon, before returning home to watch a great film about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.