Back home!

Arrived back at around 2.30am this morning! A fantastic week with boiling hot temperatures and the children were outstandingly behaved. In fact, it got rather embarrasing with compliments everywhere we went. The youngsters were an absolute joy to be with and helped make a truely memorable trip. A very choppy crossing on the way over saw many peoplesick and one lad managing to be sick 7 times before we finally arrived at Caen!

The 6 hour crossing was a great experience though, especially leaving Portsmouth.

Other highlights included a visit to a cider factory and, in a very different way, the Normany landing sites and cemetery.

We also enjoyed many evenings down on the beach!

Day off today to recover and I spent most of it getting things sorted and washed etc. Back to school tomorrow and attempt to get the kids' feet back on the ground! Right now, I really want to go to bed but I'm waiting for a stupid DVD of the pictures to finalise so that I can put it on a CD and take it in tomorrow.

12 more school days to go before leaving for the summer and my thoughts are now being turned to preparing Khayamanzi amongst the hectic chaos of end of term at school.

On another track, NB Clarence is looking more and more 'boat like' every day with the wiring in place and much of the basic lining.

Her owners, Derek and Sheila hopeto take collection in September and I look forward to seeing Clarence in Brinklow then.