Monday 18 August Oake

Jon went back to work today, and the rest of us had a very lazy day.

We played Thomas trains, did puzzles, read books and Pop got the new Thomas computer game to work. Kathryn hung out the washing so it rained, and by mid afternoon she brought it in to the drier. Then the sun came out - a little - and Matt and I went for a walk around the village and played in the playground. I started to repack our bags.


Sunday 17 August Oake

We all got up a little bit early today because included in the 10:00 family service

at St Bartholemew's church at Oake this morning was the thanksgiving for Daniel. Kathryn had prepared some of the food last night, but we did a bit more before the service. No photos allowed during the service, but Kath was allowed the video the small part when Matthew spoke about what it's like to have a little brother.

Family and friends came back home afterwards, for early lunch.

Some left fairly quickly, the last to go went at about 15:00. Although I seemed to be washing up most of the day, there was still cleaning up to do. Then we spent a bit of time talking to the neighbours who had offered us a lend of their campervan. At least we thought it was a lend, but after they juggled other arrangements so that the van was available, we found out it was a hiring. But never mind - it's cheaper than a B&B. So the van came into the backyard, and we moved in.