This is a late catchup item as I have been a bit lax in my blogging recently. We had an excellent Melbourne Cup lunch at a local restaurant down by the Parramatta River with Viv and Chris. The Melbourne Cup is known as “The race that stops a nation” which means nobody does much (if any) work that day.
We dressed up a bit, but not as much as some of the others present who had donned party frocks and fascinators (silly girlie hats) for the occasion. The food was great and the atmosphere splendid – but we didn’t have much luck with the horses or the door prizes. The closest we got to real horses was watching them on a big TV screen.
It was good for us to all get together again. Jan had been away for a long stay in England for Cambridge business and to be with her mother. I remained in Sydney to continue with my immunoglobulin treatment.
