Some other updates:

• A woodpecker has been causing serious damage to our house! Seriously! Our house is constructed of what are called 'sip panels' which are like two wooden boards with foam in between. Anyway it's managed to peck through the outer board & tunnel quite some way through the foam. P has had to go up on a ladder to patch it up. Becky says what do we expect building a wooden house in a wood but what I expect is for the woodpeckers to peck the trees like they're meant to.
• P has just phoned from London & said there's snow!
• Senior schools we have applied to are: 1) Far away grammar 2) Technology college 3) Other far away grammar 4) Local comprehensive
• If you remember quiz question about what sort of meat is in Glamorgan sausages the answer is none, they're vegetarian.
• P & J never did manage to get tent up.
• I'm quite encouraged by how my filing system is going. Once I've got the paperwork a bit sorted I might even go on to try & organise P's tools a bit. Not a job for the fainthearted!!
• We've got a working dishwasher! The dishwasher is one of the best inventions ever!