Ordinary and Unusual Days

 As the days wore on the school tech issues were resolved and Pip completed her first week of  one of online lessons.  She wasn't the only one back to school and on Wednesday Ollie started his first day in reception:

Thursday was the second anniversary of my Dad and as the day reached a close the whole country was adjusting to the news that Queen Elizabeth 2nd  had died.  As a result there has been wall to wall coverage of funeral plans, interviews and the initial hand over of power to King Charles 3rd.   I've reached a point where I have had to switch off as it really is quite depressing, especially when I think of all the money that will be spent on a state funeral.   The powers that be have already intimated that folk will die this year of  cold and hunger it makes me very sad.

On a slightly lighter note, Ben is due to start college this week but his sessions will be two evenings a week instead of one full day.  This means he will still have time to work for a lady called Valerie, help at the church mowing lawns and undertake any other local paid work that might arise.  In addition he is pretty much rebuilding our side gate and has enjoyed applying his joinery knowledge in making some really sturdy joints:

The best laid plans of mice and men - we had hoped to visit my Mum today as it was her wedding anniversary and the plan was to attend mass and then go out for a meal with her, my brother Col and Dave's mum.  Sadly we are caught up with several weekends of absolute traffic chaos as two motorway junctions near to us are closed and effectively we are on a weekend lockdown!  There are some back roads we could take if we absolutely had to be somewhere but in the main we will stay local throughout September.

Sara, Tom and Ollie however did venture afield and it looks like they had a really lovely time - a suitable ending to one week and a good start to another:

Take Care x