May 2nd

Dear Heidi,

Well by now I hope that you have heard that there are no History or Geography exams for you this year....whether or not you choose to continue with the AP next year is for you to consider after you have sat the English one. We will support you whatever you decide.

Here at home, Pappa is still not working on the fields, it is still too cold and wet. D, meanwhile is working day and night at the moment as everyone wants to have their thuja hedges trimmed or cut down! He is still working in Karl Johannesgate in Oslo, and in Fredrikstadt every now and again.

W has been doing well in racewalking!!! He was taking part in the county championships at Millfield school. I have just sent him a nice piece of woollen tweed to cover the cushion of a stool he has made in woodwork. I’m not sure how we will get that home on the plane!

I have started decorating the house for 17th May 🇳🇴 We have quite a collection of china for the dresser now! I don’t suppose I will put out much else, but it is the school loppemarked this weekend, so you never know! Miss E is coming to be my loppis-buddy, we shall treasure hunt together.

Well, that’s all for now, I hope that the weather is kind and the seas are calm as you approach the English Channel....it can’t be worse than when you set off last September into the teeth of a near hurricane! My darling girl, I can’t wait to have you home now. Only a few short (busy) weeks to go!

Study hard and enjoy these last two port stops before you finally sail home.

 Love Mamma.