OK, it’s still 30 July, but we’re going to carry on pretending. Here we are in Legoland, Windsor, where we went on 16 and 17 July with the grandchildren and their parents. Oliver and his father are featured on the Safari ride, with Amy almost visible in the car behind. This was Vicky’s birthday present!

I was impressed with Legoland, which I would have thought was not really my sort of thing at all. There were a few queues, but all the rides were free – and short – which meant the queues moved quickly. We went on too many to list, but we really enjoyed the Fairytale Brook, where you went round in a boat and saw models of bits from fairy tales, mainly Little Red Riding Hood. The Lego models are all brilliant, even the ones you just stand and look at. Nearly all of them do things. Oliver and Amy had a great time: Oliver showed what a natural driver he is when he outmanoevred all the other children on the cars.

The food was quite reasonable too, though that wasn’t free. We were lucky to catch a big goody v baddy drama by the pool, and took in a big wheel, helicopters, etc. Some Dot and I went on, and some we watched. On the first day Oliver and Amy went in the water feature and got pleasantly wet, after the usual nervous start.

On the way to the hotel at Reading (which was part of the deal) Dot and I lost David and drove round for a while before re-establishing contact. Both our phones were out of order (details in Square One article): an amazing series of coincidences. But eventually we got back together at the Holiday Inn, which was excellent, although the bar prices were extraordinarily high.