A trip to the Winery

It started as another glorious day today although midway through the afternoon the wind whipped up like a mini tornado and the skies turned black and it threatened to rain for a short while.  We were, at long last, meeting up with Marianne and Jeff.  We had hoped to meet some time back to celebrate our success at getting our EU heating allowance reinstated having (rightfully) argued that this benefit was protected under the Withdrawal Agreement.  Because Jeff has been poorly this got put back and then we had planned to meet in order to celebrate his 80th birthday but that didn't happen and then last week the weather stymied us so today was the day.  We were going to the Winery.  Outside the Winery they have a flowerbed with roses - most of which are in full bloom and the most amazing colours.

We arrived before Marianne and Jeff.  Marianne had warned us that Savvas the Electrician was at their house sorting out some lighting.  We know that Savvas will not be rushed so we knew that they might well be delayed which didn't matter to us.  We got there, parked up and went in to very warm welcomes from the girls there.  Yiannis and his wife Marina are currently on holiday in Crete.  I hope it is more successful than their last holiday which Yiannis said he needed a holiday to get over!  

John always takes some Dog chews with him for the resident dog who is adorable and who follows John around like a, well like a puppy!!!  He will sit patiently awaiting his treat and then will gently remind John when he thinks his second (and last) treat should be dispensed!!!

Marianne arrived before Jeff,  Jeff was left to chivvy Savvas along which obviously wasn't overly successful as it was about half an hour before he put in an appearance but it was lovely sat out on the terrace and it gave us an opportunity to chat with Marianne and find out how Jeff is doing.  We thought he looked much better then when we saw him last which is good.  

The food was lovely as always and we spent a few very pleasant hours sat chatting and eating.  We are hoping to return next week with Dip and Karen if (a) the weather is ok and (b) Dip's car has been satisfactorily repaired.

We hope to meet up with Marianne and Jeff again before Christmas, indeed we feel we really should be inviting them to ours on an evening when we have the wood-burner lit particularly as they were kind enough to give us such a lot of wood earlier on this year.

On our return home there was a car on the side of the road with a group which we had seen earlier eating at the Winery stood peering at it, in particular the front passenger's side tyre.  John got me to spin round and stop so that he could give them a hand.  He found that they were dragging a twig stuck to the underside of the car and also thought that maybe the brakes needed looking at.  Eventually the driver felt happy to continue on with his journey back to Paphos and was very grateful to John for stopping and helping.