We’ve been entertaining a fellow pbaser tonight – JW. He’s been in Cornwall for the week and spent this evening (and night) here in the rat’s nest.

I could pretend it had all been very sedate and sober but let’s face it, that’s rarely the case when we meet up. So, he got here early enough for a tour of the grounds……the garden, veggie patch and the field, which surely must be able to get a nicer name now it’s planted up with trees and it’s relatively tame compared to history. Maybe “the orchard” or “the meadow” or “the arboretum”? What do you think? Are they too poncy?

Then we settled down to serious chats – photography (funny how often that one comes up in the company of pbasers), selling, working and life in general (that’s my catch all). The serious chats were accompanied by some not-so-serious drinking (see above) and lots of eating.

I’d actually got my act together well enough to get some sharp pics of these bottles by using my tripod but when I saw them I thought this one was the best reflection of the evening.

John says I’m scary but in a way that makes sense…….hhhmmmmmm, I think I’ll have to take a trip to charm school!

Anyway, the evening passed very quickly and at 2am we all gave up and went to bed. Yes, I’d say it was a successful evening.