So much for the weather being nice, as today once again we wake up and it looks like it will rain. I have a lie in with Heidi as I had a 0600h bath again, reading a magazine quietly. I thought Rachel may have used to opportunity to catch up on 40 winks whilst we were being lazy, but I looked out to see R pulling up some weeds out in the garden.

A quick breakfast and we were on the road in the rain once again. Heidi's cold is getting better slowly but we do not want her to be stuck in all day, so she is fairly alert with us.

We got some photographs developed in the shop for R's mum and whilst we wandered about town I was fidgetting with my phone. Thankfully it has a GPS receiver on it too, so my Ordnance Survey mapping was beavering away showing the route where we had been. I lost a singal when we went into Wetherspoons for lunch, although the vouchers rachel had stored for cheap food was good.

It seems the free Wi-Fi in Wetherspoons is at the same speed as dial-up in the early days, so once again I am immersed in working out this phone. Most of it I am familiar with, buit there are thing on it - new things. Rachel reads the paper whilst I consult my PDA/Smartphone magazine bought at the kiosk. heidi meanwhile is fast asleep in her cart.

When we see my mum and dad we walk down to the off licence to see Lyn, and there she is behind the counter chattering on the phone. She hhas not seen Heidi before, but was a great follwoer of Fred's blog for the duration and raised quite a bit of cash for CLIC Sargent by having a collection tin on the counter, plus a photo of Fred.

Heidi gets her cuddles and I take a couple of photos with her by the wines and spirits. The weather has turned warmer and it is lovely to be walking about mid-week not worrying abo9ut work or anything like. Heidi is still asleep though is starting to stir on the way home again.

She is smelling funny by the time we get home, so a bath is run and she gets immersed in it. No tears at all this time, only great concern and concentration from her, plus a little from us. She is like a bar of soap in the bath and can easily submerge in the few inches of warm water - we do not want her associating bath time with dread and fear.