Oh dear!

The day started off so well.  We had four friends for lunch.  It is a long time since I had cooked for guests but everyone seemed to enjoy what I put on the table.  They left just after 4.30pm while it was still light to walk home.  AD and I tackled the washing up and managed it all except the last cooking tins which we decided to leave in soak until the morning.
Then we got a call to say one of our guests had fallen on the way home and dislocated his hip.  He now lies in hospital.
So AD went off to the pub  to drown his sorrows, but found the landlords had closed their doors and all his regular drinking companions were standing disconsolately outside in the cold, discussing the dire situation.
AD is very low this evening.