5 years on

Courtesy of #3 daughter - pix of Nathaniel age 4, first day at First School, and age 9, last day. After the holidays he’ll join Ella at Middle School for 4 year.

It’s been 2 days of constant rain which is annoying as we are trying to pack the van ready for our first trip to Manchester. It’s cold too.

I’ve prepared food to take to save costs of eating out and apart from that, read my book, FaceTimed with Chloe and Graham, back by train from Marseilles, and then Jenny.

I’m still seething that there’s not been a fuss about this. “King Charles III is to receive a huge pay rise from the UK taxpayer, according to government plans to boost public funding of the monarchy by 45% from 2025. Details of the increase, which comes against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis, were contained in a review of royal funding published by the Treasury on Thursday. It revealed the royal family’s grant is due to increase from £86m to £125m.”