Day 13. Friday 8^th June, 2007.

We returned to Linwood Close by about 9.20 am. I dropped Mum and Rosemary in Hythe to do some shopping, carried on with some small odd jobs for Mum, had a light lunch, and at 12.30 pm Zena drove John and me to the Hythe ferry wharf, and picked up Mum and Rosemary. John and I took the Ferry to Southampton Town Quay, then the Citylink bus to Asda, then walked to the Guildhall to attend the Southampton Beer Festival. A number of John’s work colleagues were there. We sample a range of ‘real ales’ which I rather liked, though I don’t like the ‘bitter’ served in the pubs. I had one glass of cider which I was startled to read was 7% alcohol, but John outscored me comprehensively with a Belgian beer which was 8.5% alcohol. Nonetheless we walked back to the Ferry and returned to Hythe were Zena kindly picked us up.

For dinner John prepared Duck breasts. Judging by the size of the one I had it must have come from the Dolly Parton of ducks. Very, very tasty. A little less wine than usual, for some reason…