That’s when Penny’s father Martin had to take over the farm.”“That’s our Grandpa,” Sophie volunteered to continue, “He’s lived in Spai... for as long as I remember. We used to go over every summer, but I haven’t seen him since Mummy’s funeral, though we exchange messages and cards all the time. He said at the funeral that that would be his last trip to England, he’s not been well for years.”“Oh, Soph, sorry to hear that.”“He’s not on his own, he married a Spanish woman years ago, after Gran died.. The problem was the current owner. He was getting on in years and had never done anything to keep the place looking nice. His son wanted to take it over, but the old man was being stubborn, even though it was on the verge of bankruptcy.The son had approached my group when he heard about the charity work they were doing. Bill had taken over, not thinking a charity donation would do the job, only providing money for it to stay open for just a while longer, not doing anything to improve the. Honest, it's worth it!)Those of you have been following this story will know that my wife, Sue, works for a charity and had agreed, much to my amazement, to perform a striptease for a group of our (male) friends. This was in return for very generous donations to Sue’s charity and in guarantee of anonymity and that everyone kept it secret, e.g. from their wives who are also our friends! Sue had subsequently agreed to a further session where the guys took nude photos of her wearing a mask. This. She knew he liked "Great Room" and he was going to try and make it stick.For December, it had been a busy week already and they all reiterated and patted them selves on the back for the statement and calls of the previous 2 days. Each of them had a comment of that days market and trend, but nothing earth shattering. Unless something earth shattering happened with gold, and that was unlikely now that the only glitch in its current pricing structure had been quelled, things remained normal for.