The send off

A quiet, calm morning, dry after yesterday's day-long deluge. The birds were singing in a celebratory fashion and a thin mist was rising up off the Cairn Water.

At the bus stop I was not only saying farewell to Luke, but also to Sarah, who is off to London for her VSO assessment. She is hoping to be sent to Tajikistan . (If you had to look that up, so did we).