I was sat supping a coffee and checking on the time for he egg chasers game on TV tonight when Ellen appeared,she had got a flyer from work. She told me she had texted Stephen as he also finishes early today with the idea of joining him for his normal Friday afteroon couple of beers in the sun. He hadn't replied but 10 minutes or so later he appeared just for a visit. The upshot was we all went for a drink. We sat outside the pub where Carl works and had a good chat ( Carl was working until 4 so couldn't join us but had time for a short chat ). We bought a round each then I headed home and left them to it. Ellen appeared an hour or so later and decided it was not a good idea to cook the chilli con carne so that is postponed until tomorrow. This had something to do with Stephen buying her a large Jack Daniels. Instead she sprung for a fish and chip take away which went down really well.
So a pleasant couple of hours was followed by lovely fish and chips delivered to the door. All on the spur of the moment and very enjoyable.