High Pressure

The beauty of being in a high pressure system is that, in general, they are slow moving and bring lovely clear days and nights. At this time of year that means chilly nights, but can mean lovely days. So it is today. Temperatures are still 18C and there isn't a cloud in the sky. Gorgeous.

We were up and about a little earlier than usual. Ellie had woken early and was clearly not ready to play quietly in her cot. That wasn't a problem as we brought her into bed with us for 15 minutes and then got under way. We had an hour or two to kill as we had arranged to meet with Urban-Cub at Haskins for breakfast. Ellie had some cereal and then played while we got ready and packed all her stuff.

Haskins have got all their Christmas decorations and displays on show and this intrigued Ellie as she ran from one display to the next. Strangely the thing that seemed to interest her most was the display of plastic boxes containing lights. Not the lights themselves, just the plastic boxes! Urban-Cub arrived with Jake (the birthday boy) in tow. He wasn't on duty until lunchtime so had come out for a birthday breakfast.

As usual the breakfast was hearty and good value and we all tucked in. Ellie made short work of Urban-Cub's baked beans and toast... fortunately leaving her with the hash browns. She started to get fidgety so when the Gorse Fox had finished his breakfast he took her for a walk round the store while everyone else finished their breakfast in peace. Urban-Cub told us that she had been chatting with Cousteau-Cub online and that she was now on the first stage of her trip home. She would be staying in Phuket overnight, then seeing her doctor before flying home.

After breakfast we wandered around the store for a while then, handing Ellie over to Urban-Cub, we went our separate ways. This afternoon we have been making the most of the sun. The Silver Vixen has been in the garden and the Gorse Fox went out for a walk to explore an area of the village he hadn't been through before.