Blue sky

Expecting a visitor. Expecting a phone call before the bus reached the bus stop. Nothing. Texted. Nothing. Phoned the number. Can't connect. OK, that's a phone problem not a bus problem; I'll just amble down to the bus stop. 

Sure enough she stepped off the next bus from London. Hurrah! 

It's great to have Tivoli with me. We had one of the best ice creams in the world, we explored my new neighbourhood, we attacked my sixth ants' nest in six weeks - the first indoors - and won round one, we cooked a meal, we drank a celebratory bottle.