Woke up bright and early this morning then waited for Nicktor to rise from the dead. It’s half term over here so he’s taken the week off to spend with his family. Yesterday he watched his boys play 20-20 cricket (they won one game and lost the other) and had a great day. Anyway, it means he’s not at work so he didn’t have to leave at his usual early hour. I had the Talking Newspaper this morning so he dropped me off on his way through.

Today I was back to reading the Farnham Herald and it all went pretty smoothly except for poor Charlotte who lost her voice near the end. It was very odd because it just vanished. But we managed to get around it and just left her out the reading circle for the last few items.

I had a few funny stories today as well as a big reference to the pig racing at the Surrey Show. My favourite was the 80 year old Farnham woman whose grandson emailed her entry off to appear in The Times fashion supplement last Wednesday. She had quite a shock when they said yes and whisked her off to Kensington for a photo shoot. She shops at Elphicks and made sure she mentioned how we have so many wonderful independent shops in Farnham. Oh, I just love this place.

The weather has been fantastic the last few days and the park has been very busy as a consequence. It’s also because of half term. Lots of men without t-shirts and women in barely anything, lying down on the grass giving Day-z something to sniff and lick.

I’m forever on my guard anyway but today, especially as she had an FSI. I could just see it. Someone says “Ooo, what a cute poodle,” and gives her a big hug, pulls a face and jumps up splattering when they realise they’re now covered in fox poo! But we managed to get through the park without any incidents other than the FSI.