A good time had by all

Breakfast time, Janet's Birthday

We all had a splendid time and the weather was perfect and very warm for November, 18° or more with bright sunshine. The stovepipe is at a bit of rakish angle in the tent owing to putting things up in the dark ... we cooked fresh pineapples in the fire and flambéed them in Jamaican rum for dessert; it turned out to be surprisingly smooth and drinkable resulting in some short term memory loss during the latter part of the evening. Sallie was pessimistic about cooking a casserole over the coals on arrival but thanks to much valiant stirring by Anna, it all turned out very flavoursome. The Barnett's birthday cake for Janet was fittingly decorated with a chocolate button molecular model of salyclic acid. After breakfast we all climbed Leith Hill, the highest point in the South East of England, for tea and cake at the Tower. Lovely!