Family Business

It has been a busy time since James came home from Aberystwyth last week. He wasn't able to clear his flat out completely in one car trip, so last Friday I went back with him to finish packing and cleaning the flat.

'Just a quick trip Mum, we'll have some lunch, load the car up and be back home before tea time'

Ha!!! the traffic was awful, the heat was incredible, and the road across the mountains into Aberystwyth was CLOSED. We ended up having a 6 hour road trip through parts of Wales James didn't know even existed. No satnav, no map, only road signs and a phone call to Dave put us on the right road. The day wasn't a complete disaster, we had a lovely lunch on the seafront in Aber, the weather was glorious, we saw some beautiful scenery and we left the flat looking a damn sight cleaner than it did when James moved into it.

Dave had to go down to Newport on Saturday for the final meeting of Davis Bros so we decided to make a weekend of it and take the van. I spent a lovely day with Ron and Celia in Chepstow, catching up with all the news of their beautiful grandson. Dave picked me up after his meeting and we drove to a campsite in the Forest of Dean that we have stayed at before. We had a good pitch and the evening was so warm that we were still sitting outside the van at 10.30pm

Lesley is home for the night on Saturday with four of her friends from York. They are coming over to see Jimmy Carr at the Liverpool Empire. It will be great to see them all if only on a flying visit. Lesley is in the middle of her exams and has to get back to revise for her last one at 9.30 on Monday. It won't be long before she is home for the summer, well most of it, we'll see her between Festivals, visiting Lawrence and their holiday to Corfu. Makes me dizzy just thinking about it!!