Not feeling too good: rather achey and stuffed up. Didn’t go to church this morning, although maybe I should have – the weather looked very good from inside, and I like Epiphany.
Yesterday I wasn’t feeling wonderful either, though I had to get my act together, as my cousin-once-removed Beverley eventually got here at lunch time, accompanied by her delightful daughter Palmira (14) and her sister’s ex-husband Neville, who lives in Bexleyheath and had provided transport. We had a meal (see picture) accompanied by my brother and sister-in-law (P & J) and there was much discussion about various relatives. I brought out my family tree and printed out a fresh version for Palmira, then got information from Bev on some of her relatives – though I was surprised how little she knew about the generation above her, especially her aunt Anne. This was perhaps because Bev’s father Howard – Leonard’s eldest – had pretty much constructed an entire family tree on his own, having been married “at least” four times. This did come as a bit of a surprise to me, as no other Lenton I’ve come across has been married more than twice. For the record, his wives’ names in order were Norma, Coral (Bev’s mother), Doris and Sandra. Bev is married to a Portuguese man, Tony, and has three children: Palmira and two much older boys, Leonard and Howard. I will eventually get round to inserting these on the family tree on Genes Reunited.
Anyway, everyone left at the end of the afternoon, with Neville, Bev and Palmira heading for Thurton to visit another cousin of hers – Anton Kruger, who I believe is an optician. As they left not too long after the football crowds started emerging, I suspect it may have taken a little longer than usual.
The previous night Dot and had a superb evening with Heather & Sam, getting a taxi home so that we didn’t have to worry about drinking too much. However, despite its being a terrific evening, a little worrying wouldn’t have gone amiss, as I had another very bad night, with my stomach refusing to accept gravity or stillness of any kind. Heather has inspired both Dot and myself to try to produce a book or two.