Book day

 We had an early start again this morning. It was foggy again, but the forecast expected it to lift during the morning. Ellie was dropped off and everything clicked into gear. The usual PE kit was not required this Thursday. It is World Book Day and like most schools, Ellie's class were entering into the spirit of the day by dressing as a character from a book or comic.

Most of her classmates seemed to plump for Harry Potter characters. Ellie was more traditional with a Little Red Riding Hood outfit. She looked as cute as a button.

We walked her to school, where her teacher was dressed as Wonder Woman, and as Diane headed home, I set off on my morning walk.

Some 45 minutes later I arrived home for my breakfast and then set about manipulating old tables and spreadsheets to import them to my new Ninox database. This was interrupted when we walked over to Chris and Maureen's for a coffee.

We settled down with some good coffee and chatted for an hour or two. We were updated on their family and we reciprocated, then we talked about holidays, before finally turning our attention to their new home security system. As we are their emergency contact, we had to be aware of how to arm and disarm the system, and how to respond if the monitoring company calls. It all seemed fairly straightforward.

Back home, we grabbed some lunch before spending a quiet hour in the Orangery with our Kindles. I headed off to collect Ellie but was caught out by the high cloud that blocked the sun. The temperature dropped by several degrees and I regretted not wearing a jacket (or a thicker sweater).

We didn't manage to get our shopping today, so that will have to happen tomorrow.