Lady Gayle

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 6 May 2016 22:47
Coffee with Lady
Gayle
![]() So there we were sitting watching an
episode 12,500 miles from home when Facebook pinged
on Bear’s IPad, looking at my laptop there was a message from Lady Gayle. She
lives (part time) ten minutes from Mooloolaba and had landed a couple of days
ago. Could we spend some time together. OH no, we’re due to leave tomorrow
afternoon, any other time we would have all time in the world but we had booked
our Tin Can Marina slot and the weekend with Jim and Pam. Messages flew back and
forth and we arranged to meet between Lady Gayle doing the school run for her
grandsons and taking Rebecca’s little pooch to the doggydressers. Very
excited.
![]() When we say the words ‘next-door-neighbours’ we really mean just that (we were
the blob on the left and Lady Gayle on the right, we had many a long natter over
the wall as we fought the ever threatening weeds). Our time at Hardwick was
wonderful but we sold to buy an apartment with no garden to worry about and to
let whilst we ran away to sea. Imagine the odds that Lady Gayle would be out the
same time we were in Mooloolaba.........
![]() Lady Gayle
thought that Bear had focussed on her chest, I thought he had picked on my beak.
It was smashing to catch up on all the news at Hardwick, the families and
friends.
![]() We chose a chap at random to take
our group shot – he was from
Aberdeen........
![]() Way too soon we were walking back to
the car, Lady Gayle was sad we were moving on as she wanted to take us out and
about to show us the highlights, such a shame. Time for a
picture with Bear.
![]() Not sure if my being given the ‘bird’ was funnier than the sign above ‘swim with
humpback whales......
![]() ![]() We went to sit for an hour on the
beach where we pondered the fact that we had just spent an amazing time with
Peta and Oscar, met up with Lady Gayle today and were en route to see Jim and
Pam. One year, two years and seven years respectively.................. what an
amazing and blessed life we lead. As we were packing up to get home for late
lunch and pre-setting-off-jobs a little chap didn’t
want us to go. He sat under Bear’s Croc, moved to the backsack and finally
settled on his towel.
ALL IN ALL INCREDIBLE
EXTRAORDINARY |