Day 23 - Darlington

It was so great to see everyone last night.  Gaynor and Zach made a second trip up the motorway to pick us up and to see them as we walked through the arrival doors was so worth the long journey to get there. As normal, it was a big noisy meet-up, but as we had to go through immigration, there were only a few people left in the airport to stare at us.
When we got back home Harry opened a bottle of vino or 2 and before we knew it, it was 1am!  We were lucky enough to be able to snore our way through the morning this morning, but poor Harry had to be off to work.
It has been great today to not have to get out of bed until we were properly ready, to have a shower without having a deadline to be at the next activity or check-out and to wander around in bare feet because we don't have to go anywhere. This morning was the first morning since we have been away that Brett has been able to make me a morning cup of tea too - it was just lovely.  We have had a wonderfully slow and lazy day, catching up with Gaynor, lunching in the garden and reading (finally, magazines and books in English!).  The boys arrived home from school and we watched NZ play Paraguay in the Football World Cup.  They did such a good job with 1 loss and 2 draws, it's a shame that there is no real reward for them except priase from commentators.
While it has been a fabulous holiday in France, stopping to take a breather is just what we needed.  There may not be much to write about over the next few days though,as I'm sure that details of us dossing around won't be much chop.  I'll let you know if we do anything that you might find interesting, but otherwise I'll kick back in on Monday when we meet C and A again (and Simon - yay!) in London.

I'll check the email site though, so if you need to get in touch send a message to stanandagnes@hotmail.com.
Love to everyone, we miss our families loads - especially now that we are staying in a home not a hotel, with people I have lived with, in a family doing normal things.  Gaynor has just taken Riley off to swimming class and Zach has challenged Brett to an X-box game.  Feels like home.

We will see you all again soon though, so don't get too used to life without us. We hope you are all well and doing fine. Lots of love from us both xx