5 April 2011

We drove back to Mum's. I used a two stop strategy: first Reading services and then Tewkesbury, where we discovered a decent playground in the fields behind the Abbey. Playgrounds in this country never seem to come with a loo close by though. A grave oversight in my opinion - we had to cut our visit short and ended up going to a cafe for want of a toilet in the vicinity. We saw a swan on its huge nest over at Severn Ham. Emily was cracking up all day, in fits at something silly she saw on a Mr Men DVD. Her laugh is so infectious. On the phone to Nick she seemed so grown up; I've never let her hold the phone before, which she really appreciated and she was saying 'yes, I see' and 'glad to hear it'! She still pronounces many words in an endearingly childlike way though, like 'trilderen' and 'pengoo-in'. Things to do with the move are progressing apace. Nick forwarded messages from agents dealing with the serviced apartment we will have for the first month, and from someone who will help find a longer term rental to follow on from that.