Friday night etc

A great night on Friday saying goodbye to Pat - lovely meal at the Elm Tree which went on until 10pm, whereupon I went home, with the others going onto The Lamb (cough cough splutter - i.e. v smoky and yuck).

This week has gone really quickly, with big important responses taking up most of my time. Not that they are particularly exciting but anyway.

Yesterday I went to an entirely pointless and irrelevant seminar workshop thing on the AONB and roads - nothing really to do with planning roads, more to do with making them more in keeping with the AONB. Sort of interesting in parts but nothing to do with me at all - nice food though.

But the big news is that on Sunday my half-sister Eleanor (nurse in Oz) has announced her engagement (finally) to Kiwi Tom, which will most likely occur in November. This means more expense, but of course we're all really looking forward to it. The safari planning is still continuing, but now we have to plan another trip - that's four trips on the go at once (Easter break to Normandy Marshes, Italy summer break, Oz and the safari) - you know, we do love travelling!