This was the day of our local 'street party' equivalent, where we declared the new refurbished rockery formally open and celebrated the Jubilee. We had hoped to use the garden for the lunch, but after Sunday's rain everything was damp, so we weren't hopeful.
We were fortunate that the garden was looking lovely, as the rain hadn't yet destroyed the rhododendrons.
The big rockery and the pond looked considerably better than they did this time last year, when they were completely choked by brambles. The area has been a mess since the developers left about 10 years ago, and it took quite a while to agree what to do and find the money to do it. Some of us had a go at clearing it in the past, but none of us had enough time to make enough of a job of it to to last for more than one season.
The rockery and pond, now to be renamed the Jubilee Garden, were formally declared open at 1.30, just before the rain started again,
and we all went inside for lunch.
There was just enough space in the big downstairs hall for around 40 people to eat lunch, and there was an enormous spread laid on in the entrance hall on which we made few inroads. This is just a small part of it.
One of the other residents, who is quite a baker, had made a lovely Jubilee cake as well as lots of Jubilee cupcakes, which everybody enjoyed.
My sister had arrived for lunch, and we had an entertaining afternoon. After all the lovely food, there were games for the children, and a quiz on the royal family, which Paul won - quite unaccountably. He said he just made educated guesses, and they turned out to be right. He won a tin of shortbread biscuits, just the thing for my visitors next month.
Later in the evening, my sister had to go home, as she had work to do the next day, in spite of its being a public holiday. The rain cleared up a bit, so at least she had a dry journey home.
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