Warm welcome

After a weird night's sleep (turns out I was allergic to the plaster I put on a burn from the Aga) an early start to tidy and pack. Then the airport - in somewhat better weather than our arrival - and off back to the warm south.

A long journey from the airport across country to drop TallGirl off at her riding holiday (made longer by some resistance from the driver to my map-reading skills....) then home for a tour of the garden (all still alive, several ripe tomatoes and some melons at last) dinner and an early night. CarbBoy, quite delighted to be back with all his pals - including an unexpectly early returnee from Japan - was allowed to stay out playing with them until 10pm.