22/10 Claire - Low Newton-by-the-Sea

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Been up to “the van” last weekend to see Pippa and Phil in Northumberland. Got there at 1pm and before 2pm Pip and I had polished off a bottle of white wine...! Well it all started with needing to make room in the fridge for BBQ food, there were too many bottles of bud in the fridge, Phil had to drink a beer to help out, I don’t like beer so had to have wine to keep him company, Pip had to put her beer back and help with the wine to keep me company and before you know it we’re getting merry in the afternoon.

A walk along the beach in the afternoon sobered us up a little, which was just as well as the walk was too the pub (it’s all about maintaining equilibrium).

As Newton has its own weather system (it’s always sunny) we even managed an evening BBQ but, of course, the fizz was open at this point. Turns out I “fell asleep” later in the evening and missed the Geordie tapas, the left over BBQ’d food stuff that you then leave out to graze on whilst continuing to drink through the night ;o)