Today I have come over from Sandhurst to Didcot where I am cat-sitting, though the said cats regard me as a complete interloper. Yesterday I came back with DS1 and family from Suffolk where we were so lucky to have the best week of the summer. Superb camp site near Lowestoft, beautifully kept and behind a wonderful beach with remarkably few visitors. DS1 did his 45 - 50 minutes serious swim every day and one day I even ventured into the North Sea myself. Brrrrr! Two highlights: played bingo for the first time ever (!) and won £30 - DS won a quarter share of £30 so we made a good profit; and later we also won the quiz, another £30 which bought a lot of drinks. Talking of which, my DiL plied me with rosé, G&T, alcoholic ginger beer, shandy.... so lavishly all week that I have to detox this week. On Thursday we spotted a yellow budgie sitting on a tent and a friend captured it in a child's fishing net. The GC made posters which they put up all over the site but nobody claimed it. They decided to take it home and DiL went on Ebay and bought a cage! Then - you've guessed it - the poor thing turned up its toes. It was an ex-budgie! So what to do with the cage? Need you ask? Today they went out and bought TWO budgies, now known as Brian and Sylvie.
Arrived in Didcot house to find myself in the middle of a building site. Insurance work had to be done - to remedy the damage done when the demons boys made the bath overflow one day when they were bored. And DS2 has taken on the builder to do several other jobs which are a bit behind. I couldn't use the loo for hours!
Am trying to find out what I've missed in the past week. Have you all been behaving as impeccably as usual?
Back on Friday - have a happy week everyone! 
dont eat too much cake 
