Cathy is with us

Cathy, John and children arrived at 7.30pm on Friday for a five day visit. Saturday morning they spent the day on Ryde sands and in the afternoon went to Cowes to be amongst the thousands of people gathered to watch the first day of the Cowes Regatta. In the evening we prepared a BBQ for when they returned home and as luck would have it, we had wind and rain which called off the outside festivities and we finished off the meat and sausages in the oven and sat out in the conservatory drinking wine and eating the various meats onm display. We had both wine and beer and I regret to say that I over-indulged on the lovely wine and after eating all the meat and drinking all the wine and beer, I faltingly crept up to bed and knew no more until 0730 this morning. My only excuse was that I had not eaten all day as I was helping at the IOW Air Show on Sandown Airport and was ready for something by the time Cath and family arrived home. The Air Show was super with half a dozen Spitfires, a Hurricane and many more piston engined English, American (B17 Super Forts, Harvards, Grumman, Kittihawks, etc) and German aircraft (Messerschmidt and Fiesler), which treated us all to rolls, loops, dives, fast low level passes and dog fights with smoke and the now usual parachute drop. I enjoyed the show very much which was spoilt by my having to be on the gate and sell tickets!! It is the best non military Air Show in the south. Today we went to Ventnor and then to Bonchurch where we all had a lovely seafood lunch. I don't know what we are doing tomorrow, but they have to return on Tuesday, only to come back to the Island in a week or so. Love to all. Dad