BASKETTCASE

Well that didn't work either. Anyway, we had a lovely time in Exeter. The weather was wonderful and we were able to walk to the park regularly, as well as do some gardening, have a BBQ and sit about in the sun watching the children and eating and drinking. We had a memorable visit to the seafront playground at Teignmouth where there is a large water area with loads of little springs and fountains coming out of the ground. So much more fun than a paddling pool. The children were going straight to a family birthday party so a quick trip to Tesco's was called for. More new pants! (Mr Men, Joe was delighted.)

We had fantastic flights, just over an hour each way and no hold luggage to wait for as we got enough for 3 days in our cabin bags. They took my contact lens solution off me because I had saved about 50mls in the bottom of an original container. Apparently it's the container that mustn't be more than 100mls capacity! So we saved £7.50 and some time by not having a suitcase, but it cost me £7 to replace my solution. You learn as you get older, but there's always something else.

No Rachel, we didn't make a mud-pit I am very glad to say, but we did have a go at a ridiculous curved strip of garden half-way down the lawn. When we tried to dig it over we realised why it was there - huge tree roots sticking up proud of the lawn. It would be impossible to mow over it, so some inventive pre-owner had put rocks round the roots and topped up with soil. It was very dry under the canopy of the tree, which is growing in waste-land next door. We'll see how it gets on with a layer of bark chippings and a few choice specimens. They'll need very regular watering.

Hooray, I moved the picture. YOu have to press shift. This has made my morning.