Food is important to some more than others, so we started off my birthday celebrations with lunch at Sachers. Looking at the menu can be quite serious…
 
 
 
 
 
 

 The theme was Scotland and France, so here's a typical Frenchman and an untypical Scotsman:

Nick (a genuine Scot) and Sheila. Also Graham and the chicks! (Alex looks quite relaxed in Graham's tentacles!!?)
 
 

Ste and the chicks - my two seem friendlier than Graham's!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pierre, Leana and a young Mädchen - what short hair Silke had then!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It was my birthday, so here am I unwrapping a large teapot - dressed as a French of course.     Note David's sporran, by the way - Cat's handbag actually!!

Time for bed…

And the next day we all went for an invigorating walk in the countryside:
 
 

David, Silke, Richard, Catherine, Christina, Estelle, Leana, Jean-Françoir, Karine, Eric, Pierre.