All ready for departure and about to go to bed. I did write the piece for the Drivers’ Alliance, and I did give Sam some comments on his novel. My mouth is still not what I would call perfect – probably still feeling battered and a bit painful off and on. I am quietly confident that it will calm down. We have the currency and just about everything else needful: in the end I bought the tennis shoes here and found my sandals, which I’d forgotten about. Checked in online this afternoon, so what can possibly go wrong?

Had  a Valentine’s Day meal this evening at Prezzo’s, which was very pleasant, as was our meal with the Higbees on Friday evening. Tim M came round after church today to receive instructions, and we’ve given him a guest account on Dot’s computer so that he can get his e-mails. Canada, here we come.