SUNNY LARGS

On days when it is as wet as this there is only one thing for it - get wetter. So the VIP and I went for a swim and then we all had lunch at the Green Shutters. He joined me in the garden in the afternoon, watering his newly germinated pumpkin plants in the greenhouse and then playing in the shed - did I mention that it was wet today? After dinner, however, it brightened up and we went for a wee bimble round the village.

The questioning mind of a five year old is testing me to my limits. Today I found myself trying to explain how the internal combustion engine works and why it is evening in Australia when it's morning here.