The walk on the beach was lovely. I thought the Gormley statues were really funny. Kipper got covered in Mersey mud and I had to hose him down when we came home. So much for the valetted car!

The boys and I spend the afternoon playing bridge around the table. This was a very good thing to do as we laughed a lot. After our meal last Saturday we have not been able to sit around the table again.

The ‘chunks’ are now three week. This time three weeks ago etc etc but from tomorrow we will be in the 4 week chunk and then we are talking a month – which is a long time.