March 2

This week begun with a trip to Oxford so that Nathaniel could go to a NYRO recorder day. He had fun playing recorder all day while I worked in the sun and remembered how beautiful Oxford was. There are no photos of all this, so here is what we found when we went in search of the Headington Shark.

Nathaniel didn't believe me when I told him about it, so I had to prove myself.

On Wednesday, both monsters played in the school Y5/6 B team (Thea had to get special dispensation from the organisers to play as she was so young. However, the organisers were the City of York Hockey Club and so they just giggled when they received the email, teased Thea unmercifully during training, suggested that there were going to be some terrorised Y6s, and gave their permission.) They played well. They won their last match 7-0, and won their group, so they are off to the final in a couple of weeks time.

I took off for the day because it was sunny, and walked another bit of the Cleveland Way. Gradually, I am working my way around the whole path. It was very beautiful.