The Argy Bar and Tea Room

I think we may need several nights of surveillance to crack this case, Reggie can be a very slippery character.
It’s really hard work. ( eating pizza, watching t.v., snuggling in sleeping bags - and of course we stayed awake and alert ALL night)
ixion is just having a little dip in the pool to make sure it’s not been tampered with. I’m checking out the croquet lawn for mantraps. We’re being very thorough.

PS
Is Ixiona my undercover name? Clever play on words!

Greetings HQ!
Jet 'n' me are tucked up in lemon's summerhouse on surveillance duties as requested.
Have place our CCTV monitoring at strategic points around the estate - dovecote, ha-ha, croquet lawn, cricket pavilion, pool changing rooms.
The night vision googles are a bit cumbersome but we have taken them off anyway to enjoy a delivery of pizzas and dips. Just about to settle down to our box sets of LOD (all series) to sharpen our senses. Grandmajet is knitting a camouflage cover for her bolt cutters.
TTFN

Ok ixiona and grandmajet we’ve seen off Reggie before, I’m sure we can keep lemon safe. Get on your cami knickers and your night vision goggles and see if you can trap Reggie.
Good luck team.
AGA I wouldn’t put it past lemon to pinch Thor. Make sure he’s locked up in the cellar tonight and just to keep him safe you’d better stay with him. I’ll put the llamas on alert too.
brook keep an eye on the bar. We don’t want lemon helping herself to the takings.

Ready for action, doodle-boss. I hope lemon is not expecting mates-rates, top dollar for top service - and we always give top service - just ask the Admiral, and his merry crew.

?? I seem to have hay fever!

Doodle will have to sort out manpower allocations lemon. Her baby (as it were).
We have soooo many ventures these days - Bar, Tea Room, Wellness Spa, Spy School, AB12 Undercover Work, Woolly Walking with llamas.
Many strings to one's bow.

We'll come on down, I'm sure, if the price is right.

And sorry, Thor stays with AGA on poteen prep duties.

Have never paid for a man yet, but there’s always a first time!
Yes ixion put your best men on the job ? and failing that, the tearoom doxies.Are they any good at the covert surveillance game? Because I spotted wicker man on the way in here.

Brilliant ixion, lemon’s got loads of money now. AB12 can go to the Manor and run protection against Reggie.
grandmajet is also one of our special agents.....any need of a pole in your garden.
brook you can come out now, it’s only ixion not the wicker man

lemon May we pass you a leaflet introducing AB12, our new, exciting, state of the art Detective Agency. Covert surveillance (that's me, btw), Arrest techniques, Interrogation.

Do you need protection (preferably 'round the clock' ???).
Introductory rates available.

If he is really busy ( which I doubt) then I’ll settle for the Admiral ( never thought I would say that.)

I do hope that you haven’t worn his hammer out with all the renovations on the tea room.

Busy.

I’m in there with you ixion.....thought you were Thor!?

It’s me!!!!
Good job that Lemongrove Manor is only a ten minute drive away, as I need Thor tonight. Theo has made himself cocoa and a hot water bottle and gone off to bed, Lord L is as drunk as a skunk and I think Reggie may be prowling in the grounds.
I dashed here in the Porsche dressed only in my finest negligee to get Thor for protection duties, where is he?

Put yer 'ands above yer 'ead.

It's me - fooled you???

Stand behind me brook I’m trained in self defence.
Come out whoever’s in there.
What’s that noise? ?
Is that your knees knocking brook?

Oh no I think I’ve had a bit too much poteen, that haystack definitely looks like it’s shuffling to and fro..

Where is ixion, has anyone seen her? Why have we got a haystack in the bar?

Yo, Boss.
Slinks back, tail between legs
Can you spot me in disguise?

You’ve got a job in hand!!! ?. We’re not running that sort of agency. Come back to base at once for more training.

Thanks for all your concerns❤
I plan, of course, to adapt my camouflage to the job in hand. As you have seen, I am getting quite a range of techniques - any news on our next commission?

It’s not hay making season is it? Take cover if you hear a tractor coming ixion. Or rather, don’t take cover!

Brilliant work gang. Keeping the punters happy.
Is that you ixion? Where are you, I can’t see you? Wow that camouflage is good. Just make sure the llamas don’t see you, they might eat you by mistake.
Good job on the bookings too.
How’s the latest brew coming AGA? I hope being back with lemon hasn’t made Thor lazy in the stirring department ?

doodle This camouflage course is Fab-U-lous, thank you so much.
As you can see, I am now ready for action in hayfields.
Subsequent modules to follow - arctic tundra, mountain ranges and scorching desert wastelands.
When I've got my stiffgit, I may pop up to see Gary in Grimsby and try out an outfit to keep him guessing?
I am getting my bookings spreadsheets underway too.
Hope to run them past you all tomorrow.

Good idea grandmajet. I just hope he's careful about where he points the spout.