Nadelik Lowan!
Or Happy Christmas if your Cornish isn’t up to scratch. We’ve had a great start to Christmas here at The Met, all of the guests have turned up (which is always a bonus) and we got Christmas Eve off to a good beginning with a lovely dinner and then a visit from the Padstow Carollers. They sing so beautifully with full parts and harmonies, the carols are a mix of traditional English ones and some old Cornish songs too, many of the tunes are different so it makes for a really interesting time. A few guests went to the midnight service here in Padstow.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have but I went to my Church’s late night service, Gareth had told me all the service was on powerpoint with the music for the hymns from our set of backing CDs so I thought he could do with a bit of help. That was a lovely service but it did make for a bit of a late night, which wasn’t great when Gyorgy our night manager called me at 6.20 - the kitchen keys were locked away and his key to get the keys was locked away safely! This means I haven’t seen much of my family yet today though Val was awake when I left!
We’ve now had time for a quick break while getting ready for lunch - this really is a journey from meal to meal. Lunch will be a bit livelier than dinner last night as we have 26 more people to look after but with a few crackers to pull and rocket ballons to blow they should be well entertained. I’ll get home after lunch and we’ll then finish off our Christmas then - an no turkey for us!
