Holiday... and other stuff

Well, no updates for a while... We were off on holiday for a week in Suffolk at the end of April, staying near a place called Nayland. This was billed as Constable country, which I guess is something to do with the well-staffed police force, although I didn't see any around, so I found it a bit mis-leading, to be honest. We were staying on a converted farm with several cottages and our friends Kate, James and little Joe were staying next door. Thus, George had a ready made play-mate next door, which made life a bit easier. Also mid-leading was the farm bit, given that they had 2 token pigs in the corner of 1 field. The first night (Friday, unfortunately) was spent down Colchester hospital; just a precautionary thing really as George fell down the stairs at lunchtime and then threw up in the evening, so just had to check the 2 were not related. The rest of the holiday was spent milling around, going to Mersea Island, the kids playing on their bikes, with some swimming and also jumping into the hot-tub, which was next to the pool. We're now back and hopefully set up for a sunnier May. The photo opposite is of Jennifer in a dress knitted by her great grandmother some 38 years ago. She apparently knitted it for me before I was born, taking the chance that I may be a girl. I wasn't, but my mother found it in the roof and it is now getting some use!