This is Oliver with has radio-controlled car – a Christmas present from Auntie Ethel. Since then he has had an excellent interview with a nearby school, who as a result wanted him to transfer to them immediately. But he will probably stay where he is until September.

Weather continues windy, but it’s not too bad at the moment. We washed and vacuumed the car this morning and managed to get a lot of the winter grime off. meanwhile the MX5 has gone in to have a scratch and dent on the offside repaired – presumably caused while it was parked outside. This will cost over £400 and take three days to fix.

Yesterday I led the morning service, and we also went to our first fortnightly Ambient Wonder event in the evening. This was the “Lite” verson with a theme of beginnings, and I told the story of Brendan and Columba. There was a certain amount of coracle-making, and we hung around for a while afterwards, chatting to Ed, Anna, Bethany etc.

England did not lose at cricket yesterday – largely because they weren’t playing. So Australia crushed New Zealand instead.