Sentinels guarding the neighbour's drive

But what's happened to the one in the middle? After a dismal start, the day turned out to be brilliant. Went swimming very early this morning so we could get back for the boiler service engineer. What exciting lives we sometimes lead.

After a coffee and the final slice of panettone I completed a few chores including writing up the referee's report of Saturday's game.

After lunch we went to help Doreen sort out a few things. Getting her telephone contract sorted and trying to get the AA to give her a discount on her buildings insurance. We were successful but her policy is still very expensive. Picked all the apples off her lawn too.

An ordinary sort of day, but one to be grateful for nevertheless.