October 2

This week Ian was in Brussels, and I was in Manchester. Turns out that Manchester is rather nice when the sun shines! Here the view from the Museum of Science and Industry as the sun set.

This is Ian's stage in Brussels and a very big piece of Comté which he didn't half-inch for us (he did go to the supermarket for Tomme, Reblochon and some rather nice goat though):

The raspberries have made it entirely clear that they are autumn fruiting and are insisting on fruiting with enthusiasm. We are picking a small bowl every other day still, which isn't bad for the £4 I spent on two canes from Tesco!

Thea and I have discovered graphic novels and spent a happy hour while Nathaniel was in choir being hip in Travelling Man - demonstrating our superior knowledge of cool contemporary board games and reading books. Here is the obligatory Minster photo. Today is is autumnal.

We braved the torrential rain for Thea to play hockey for the U10's B team in Leeds. It was very, very, very wet and she got very, very, very cold. But she managed to play all four matches despite running like she was made out of hinged metal by the end!

She is the little one with number 15 on her back. She looked very small against the 9 and 10 year olds! Those flood lights are on for a reason - we wouldn't have been able to see anything without them!

The hockey went on all morning (5 matches) and their team did well. They were all newbies, so the fact that they won one of their matches was great.

Simultaneously, Thea was supposed to be playing a concert in Bury with the rest of the Northern Suzuki group to celebrate her graduating from level 1 (we think that's approx ABSRM Grade 2.5). But you can't do everything!