On Saturday I really just recovered. Between the long ride and the late night party I was capable of getting up and making myself dinner that day. I also noticed that I have very limited strength in my right hand – presumably slight RSI from the large rides last week. I’ll have to keep an eye on that!
On Sunday though, I was invited to Ilkas garden again. We’d have a very special guest today – a lady playing a Handpan. What an AMAZING instrument! Basically each note playable harmonises with each other note – so you play a hand-drum style rhythm but get music out of it rather than ‘just’ a beat. I couldn’t help but google them after this, thinking “That seems like the sort of thing I should have…” but they’re horrendously expensive.
Ilka had supplied an amazing strawberry punch, and Katrin brought some really nice banana cake and made a wood-fired BBQ with some excellent steaks. Some other friends of Ilka also joined, so there was even a couple of kids enjoying the garden, giving it a really lovely and chilled out feel. The garden really does explode into lovely colours this time of year!
We did do a little bit of gardening (Manja: “The hops has grown AGAIN!!”) and the evening ended with a little bit more guitar playing before calling it a night at a reasonable hour.
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