Monday 29th. April

An apology is due to our reader....due to lack of internet access we have been unable to post for the past two days....Ma's laptop just has, for some completely unknown reason, refused to connect up to our home wireless network. Today she finally lost the plot.....she had been carrying the said laptop around the house trying to find a signal. Everyone in the house was working away perfectly well with full signals from the various routers we have secreted around in cupboards and wardrobes. She couldn't work it out and in desperation she called the engineer to come down from his office to "sort things out". He took a very short look at the screen and then, moving his hand to the front of the unit, switched on the little button which says "automatic wireless internet access". The machine magically burst into life accessing every website on the planet. Ma wasn't sure to be happy and angry.....at least she should remember the mistake for future reference.  

So much has happened since we last communicated....including a sporting first. Thomas has been out this evening playing football....we know, it's totally unprecedented. We knew something was wrong when he turned up after supper with a pair of shorts on.....he admitted that he had been asked to play 5-a-side football. There followed advice from all of us...we know that Tom and physical exercise rarely mix, and when they do the outcome as rarely good. As we type, he has returned barely able to walk...apparently he put on a pair of trainers that appear to have been a size too small. There's little more to say really......is wasn't big and it certainly wasn't pretty. He seems to have blisters on parts of his body he didn't realise existed.

Other highlights include Daniel paddleboarding at the Minquiers with seals yesterday (git) and Jack spending today working at the Airport in a tractor driving capacity. We also now know that Jack was the star of the show at Devil's Hole on Sunday. After spending all day practicing rope drills the call came in from the Station. As Jack was already "kitted up" when they arrived, he was one of the two that descended into "The Hole" and assisted the two that had found it impossible to get back out. Jack was well pleased....apparently the Station only average about 2 genuine rope rescues every year so, with 4 different watches, and a selection of "possibles" on each watch, the actual chances of being properly involved is actually quite slim. It may well be that it's a couple of years before Jack gets anywhere near another rope rescue.

Mother has been stressing about the launch of her new cancer support group this week. the first official meeting of the group is on Thursday evening at The Willows when they have Mr. Sullivan coming in to talk to them.....everyone is welcome...indeed we have ALL been told we MUST attend on pain of death, or at least doing the washing up for the next month. We'll hand over to her now, as she has much to report.....

I don't have time to report anything, far too busy cleaning, cooking and catering for the 'men' of the family plus getting as much publicity for our new 'Gynae Support group'- 6pm-7:30pm on Thursday!