We finally arrived in Dorset, at Claire & Jonathans, very late on Thursday night after spending the day in Liverpool with Sue’s Uncle Tony and Aunty Molly. We had lunch in a French restaurant (not a pub) close to Liverpool University. It must have been graduation day as there were lots of proud parents with sons and daughters in academic gowns.

We had doubled back to Liverpool after spending the previous night with Gitty & Donna in Stoke-On-Trent.

Donna cooked spaghetti bolognese in memory of the last time we stayed with them – in Nottingham, probably around 1981. On that occasion all of Nigel’s spag bol mysteriously re-appeared on the bedroom floor overnight. Thankfully there was not a repeat performance this time.