At dinner last night, the girlfriend’s grandma was absolutely fascinated by my beard and its latest styling. I’ve got some thin sideburns going down to the jawline, then a thinnish line running round my chin, with a ‘tache joined to the whole thing. It’s a little bit Beppe di Marco (sorry, Brits-only reference), but better than that. I’ll post a decent picture of it tomorrow for GPOYW, anyway.
I really like the girlfriend’s nan. She’s really sprightly for someone in her late 70s (no-one’s quite sure of her real age!), and can drink like a fish. She seems to have fallen in love with me, and according to the girlfriend she’s raised the subject of marriage a few times since she’s been over here. Eeek.
