David and the children should now be back home, and looking forward to a party tea. They had a party breakfast and a party lunch here, and Amy opened her parcels from us for her fifth birthday. She particularly like the tea set on a tray (with birthday cake) that we bought from Tickety-Boo, the excellent traditional toy shop at the top of St Andrew’s Street. All made of wood, but tasty just the same. Yesterday we spent five hours at Bewilderwood, not far from Wroxham, and it was superb. The weather was fine and dry, and although there was a slight autumnal chill in the air, it certainly wasn’t cold. Lots of exciting stuff to do involving high walks, slides, cable rides, assorted clambering and mazes. Oliver was particularly taken by the Muddle Maze, which he got down to a fine art. Both children entered into the spirit of it all wholeheartedly, and we ended up trying to make a den. That is, Dot and David were trying to make a den. Amy found a ready-made den, and Oliver soon followed. I decided someone needed to keep an eye on them, so that was me out of the den-building too. Shame. Had some nice food in the middle of it all. Just the right number of people there: I would imagine it could get pretty crowded in the summer holidays. As we left it started spotting with rain in an unconvincing way, and that soon petered out. In the evening, after the children were in bed, the three of us watched Slumdog Millionaire, which was excellent.

Norwich managed to lose 2-1 to Leeds by fluffing a goal kick in the last minute after playing really well. Dot is now doing some Philosophy for Children at a school in Taverham. If she returns in time, we’ll have a quick bite and then go to a concert by Stuart Townend, a Celtic-inspired hymn-writer, at Holy Trinity.