My wife’s two sons, their partners and our two granddaughters are on holiday at CenterParcs in Elveden this week, and we have been invited to join them all for the day. So, we drop the dogs off in Hevingham (my wife’s eldest son’s neighbour is keeping an eye on them) and drive to Elveden. We meet up with everyone (including my wife’s ex-husband, whose birthday it is today), have coffees, a snack lunch (including a chocolate birthday cake that my wife made for her ex), an afternoon in the swimming pool complex, and a pizza in Bella Italia (an Italian restaurant within the CenterParcs complex) before wending our weary way home (picking the dogs up on the way).
When we get back to Southrepps I have a video call from my son, who is in a departure lounge in Kuala Lumpur airport on his way back to Melbourne from Nepal and Tibet. He has been out of touch for quite a while due to a distinct lack of phone service and Wi-Fi, and it’s good to have a chat and catch up.