Saturday
The day started with a trip to the supermarket to buty provisions for the weekend and to put fuel in Pam's car.
In the afternoon my nephew and niece arrived. My nephew, Leigh brought his two children and Di and Paul arrived separately. The afternoon was spent talking, drinking and catching up with all concerned having a jolly time in the afternoon sun. The highlight was Paul cooking our dinner on the barbecue. Di had paid for him to go to a barbecue school and it was well worth it.
Starters consisted of a melted Camembert sat right from the barbecue to the table served as a dip with fresh bread.
The second course was corn on the cob served with chipotle mayonnaise and freshly grated Parmesan cheese. At this point I need to apologise  to all of my readers who believe that I spend too much time talking about food. However, in family gatherings like this food is an important part of the festivities.
The wine flowed, especially a fine clear skin Pinot noir that Di brought.
The third course was lamb straps which were cooked to perfection. All in all this was a day for a catching up. As we haven't seen them all for nearly four years it was great to catch up and swap stories, to laugh and to share jokes and stories.
It is always good to catch up with families and it is great as far as we are concerned that they have made the effort to drive for four hours to come and see us. It has made the day more special and there is a feeling that you are not alone in the world.
The house in Bright is a perfect venue for such a gathering, it has a long front porch and it has three separate accommodation units, so we were able to sit outside for a long time. The flies and mosquitos are a problem but the conviviality overcame all of that.
All too soon it was time for bed and the tour director and I retired to our suite.