With the clocks leaping forward one hour overnight, I forced myself to stay in bed until 07:30. Even Jasper seemed to have coped with the change, and gave us an undisturbed night. It looked like a lovely sunny morning, and the day looked promising. I had a lazy start, deciding not to have an early walk, but to go out later. We sat and read the news over breakfast and eventually stirred ourselves into action. I worked through some domestic chores and some filing, while Di pottered upstairs.
Chores completed, I set off for my walk. Clearly, I had not left sufficient time for my coffee to percolate through, as I had to divert home to "check the plumbing" after my first loop. Satisfied that the plumbing was working, I resumed my walk and finished my current audiobook (a new one is already downloaded and lined up to start tomorrow).
After a spot of lunch, we went to sit in the Orangery and read our Kindles. It had clouded over, and it wasn't as warm out there as it had been last week. Before long, unforecast rain was beating on the roof. It didn't last for long, but it did lower the temperature further.
After dinner, we walked around to Zoe's. Today was Ellie's birthday. She had been at Pete's for the weekend and only arrived home late afternoon. When we arrived, we found Kim was already there, having spent part of the afternoon with them. Ellie was very excited at the prospect of some more presents! Wrapping paper was ripped from boxes, and chaos erupted as she dashed between her presents, or should I say "rolled" as she charged around on her new roller blades. The peace we had enjoyed earlier was shattered. Ellie's friend Poppy arrived, and soon after, Aryana. It was all getting a bit frantic. We said our goodbyes and left them to it.
We returned to the tranquillity and peace of our own home.
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