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 Though there was no pressing need, I was up soon after 6:30. Coffee was taken, and the news was consumed. Once Di had come down. I performed my morning ablutions and prepared for my assault on Zoe's. I walked around to Zoe's and joined the girls on their walk to school.

Leaving Ellie in class, I headed off for my morning walk. It was grey, cool, but bright. I enjoyed the hour or so, and finished my latest audiobook and started another. As I arrived home, Diane left to go to the hairdresser's. I tucked into my usual breakfast, and as I finished, Lottoe arrived for her weekly cleaning session. After a brief (well, not so brief) chat, I headed to my study and started to work on the source videos I had received from Alex and Mary Louise. Today, my focus has been on videos featuring my Uncle James and his wife and family. This has taken many hours and still awaits some form of music track, but that must wait until I have improved the video from the original cine data.

After lunch, we settled in the lounge (it was a bit too cool for the Orangery) and read our Kindles. I finished a book and started a new one before we had to go and collect Ellie from school. Once home, she went to her room and spent an hour or two reading her latest school book. Zoe turned up soon after 5 pm and collected Ellie. I started preparing dinner as soon as they had left.