The Joy of Friends

These are my great friends Neil and Lindsay; I hope they won't mind me posting this photo here. I've known them both for decades (Lindsay and I were students at Aberystwyth at the same time). And after Thirsk I had the chance to ride up to Darlington and the spend the night at their home. 

Neil works with refugee services and Lindsay is an Anglican priest. By rights they should probably be serious and solemn people somberly working to alleviate distress and pastoral need in this troubled world or something. They're anything but. They really are the most mischievous, playful and good-humoured couple I know (who also happen to be working to alleviate distress and pastoral need in this troubled world).

It was a delight to see them again, and to meet little Lilian (three days old!) along with quite a lot of the rest of their family. They're good people. 

Oh, and Neil loved La Fenice and, I think, is now seriously contemplating buying himself a nice retro scooter too. My advice is the same as Nike's. Just do it, Neil.

(The What3Words is just for Darlington, not their house - I'm not that invasive of people's privacy!)

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