The Carrolls depart

And the sun I was mentioning that we saw sporadically.....here it is briefly.

During the week we managed to get in a few traditional British meals - roast chicken and lamb, fish 'n' chips, Indian takeaway.

When the kids weren't at the beach or having a walk along the coast or through the town we made a couple of trips out - one to Beccles, a pretty town 15 minutes away, and to Aldeburgh and Thorpeness, down the coast where we marvelled at the buildings, collected pebbles on the beach and had a look at the lifeboat. Pavlina and Gregor found a conch which spilt its (what smelt like) years of abandoned neglect down my hand. No amount of washing and soap could rid me of the stench that day.

Here's me, unsuspectingly snapped, by the looks of it.

All of us posing in the front garden. Gregor and Alastair are already in their pyjamas, ready for bed.

And a lovely one of Buzz, Pavlina and the kids. After dropping them off at the airport, I stopped off at Barbara and John's for a bit of breakfast and carried on home. My car had a little electrical problem last week which seems to be fixed and then yesterday I got a puncture, also fixed. Just as well since we have a busy week next week. Alastair and Misha go in to hospital in Norwich on Wednesday to close up Alastair's open trache stoma and remove the PEG (gastrostomy). It's hard to believe how far we've come, and how much we've cracked.