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a glass to ‘absent friends’.

A beautiful birthday and evening yesterday, hot sunny weather and fortified by your messages.
Thank you all and every one.
For the evening I dined at the Sarah B, Roche-Bernard.

La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017
La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017

What a party that would have been if your could all have joined me!

La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017
La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017


Alone again, I took a sketch book for company, to work on ideas for a new painting of the BI ‘C’class cargo liner “Chupra“.
As it was I was still exceptionally fortunate. 

La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017
La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017

Inadvertently dropping my pencil (literally, no double entendre this time…) lead to a long conversation with a most interesting fellow diner who has invited me to historic Anjou in the fabulous Loire Valley, offered to be my guide and a flight in a mircrolight.

La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017
La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017

The tale gets better, several of the staff remembered me.

La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017
La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017

I was treated most considerately including invitations to ‘off duty’ social events.

La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017
La Roche-Bernard 25.05.2017

The extra unsolicited portion of cheesecake and nip of pear rum on the house, added to your good wishes ensured a sound sleep last night.