Well it's all over for another year, thank goodness.

Yesterday was delightfully quiet -- I got up around 8.30 and proceeded to clean the house a bit, mainly sweeping and the odd bit of vacuuming. Ironed a table-cloth (no easy feat considering the size of my laundry and ironing table) and made sure the table was ready. Then made the mayonnaise for the potato salad and washed the lettuce -- a bit close to meal-time I carved the chicken and sliced up some of the ham. It was all pretty much painless. Oh, and turned out the summer pudding, pouring over the remaining juice so that the top (which had been the bottom) was well soaked.

Mum arrived by cab around 11.45, and Tat not much later. We spent a quiet time eating and drinking and chatting until, around 4pm, we drove Mum home. Very little traffic on the roads made for quite a painless journey.

The weather was perfect: not too hot, with a gentle breeze. Would that all summer could be like that.

Later I managed to force down some leftovers (including summer pud) and spent the evening watching DVDs as the TV offerings were woeful.

Work as normal today; well, not quite normal as there is hardly anyone around.