Christmas in July goes Walkabout

Some of you dear readers look forward each year to seeing our Christmas in July celebrations and decorations. This year, sorry to tell you, but Linda didn't get into the mood for hauling out the holly,  turning the house into a fairlyland and cooking a scrumptious dinner for 6 or 8.  But that doesn't mean we abandoned the festive tradition entirely.  Instead, we did a very sensible thing - we went out for Christmas Dinner and let somebody else do all the work.

Our venue of choice was Kelsey Cottage, a tiny restaurant in the nearby town of Oakbank, or is it Balhannah, or somewhere inbetween.  And our dinner companions of choice were Con and Liz, who have never missed one of our Christmas dos, ever.

Here they are, having a good gossip with Tony about someone we all know, who wasn't there to defend himself.  We love this kind of Christmassy goodwill stuff.



The people who run Kelsey Cottage made it a special occasion for us, with Christmas decorations, delicious salmon and other great food, and Christmas puddings with brandy and custard.  People sitting at other tables were terribly jealous, and two or three of them even tried to pull their chairs up to our table, but we beat them off with a wine bottle.  Ho ho ho!

There was an open fire, presents all around, and general good cheer.  Will this become a new Christmas in July tradition? Who knows....