Family

 It was a dull, drizzly start to the day. I checked the routes on Google Maps and we set off for the bandit country of Berkshire. Though it's not a long distance, it is always a tedious drive and takes considerably longer than you would expect. Never mind, visiting Jane and Trevor's always makes it worthwhile.

Today's visit was a family get-together. Paul and Cathy flew in yesterday and this was an opportunity for us all to meet up. It is several years since we have seen them so we had plenty to catch up on... and, of course, Jane and Trevor laid on a feast for our lunch. We heard about Andrew, in the run-up to his finals and his worrying trip to the ER the night before Paul and Cathy left for the airport. We hear about Laura and her recent change of jobs which means working much closer to home. Last but not least we heard about Michael and Emily and their good news - with a baby due in December. With Paul and Cathy's impending Grandparenthood, they will have some adjustments to make.

Tomorrow they are off to Richmond to look at some of the Ted Lasso locations. On Saturday they have an early start on Eurostar to get to Paris for the Olympics. (They are not participating - in their advancing years, that would be too much to expect - they're just spectating at various events throughout the week).

The afternoon seemed to fly by and too soon it was time to leave. We left in peak rush hour, but despite this, had a very good run home.