Being read poetry to by your son is one of the greatest joys. Ben has started his English Lit and is loving the poetry section. It reminded me how much my dad loved poetry and would quote lines often. I have one of his poetry books which is fulling apart because he read it so much. How wonderful are words and language to communicate our feelings.

Today I am off to London to meet up with the girlies. I am looking forward to catching up with all their news. We are all spread across the country and have very different lives. I am the only one of us not still working in a hospital - just spend my life visiting it instead!

Then tomorrow we are going to Guildford to see the end of the Tour of Britain cycle race.

I hope you all have wonderful plans too.