a slooowww start after the excitment of yesterday. waved goodbye to mr skatergirl off on his london adventure. played plenty of pool and got caught in the middle of exhausted sibling rivalry.

skating cancelled due to vast amounts of rain, so off with english j and her big F to the local community trust open day. we made notebooks, did a tricky quiz, listened to a blues band in the allotments and a drum band in the triangle garden, and found arthur's chocolate supply.

i also bought this fine, fine butter dish made by someone who goes to the project. it has an air of walllace and gromit about it. i am so pleased with it that i ate too much butter with my scones.