This picture was taken only about half an hour after yesterday’s, which sort of shows how fast the snow was melting. All gone now, of course. Today is bright and not so cold.

Spent a lot of yesterday watching TV – even sat right through Calendar Girls, which we’d seen before in Florida. Compelling stuff, obviously. Most of the time, though, I was watching rugby and got quite excited when Wales came back to beat England, totally unexpectedly. I watched it a day late, and Dot did well to keep the result from me. I’m trying hard to like England and was doing well until their exciting winger, Strettle, got injured after a brilliant run. I’m very worried that England will now revert to the boring forward-centred game they seem to think is so wonderful. I prefer brilliance to efficiency, which is why I wasn’t too distraught by Scotland’s loss to France, even though I’m very pro-Scotland.