May the 7th

Dear Heidi,

I have been watching the ships progress through the channel and listening to the shipping forecast on the BBC radio. You have made great time and progress and now you are so close to land, just off The Hague! I expect we will be able to talk tomorrow!! I can’t believe how close you are now, nearer than William!

So now there are just a few more days of lessons and exams and then it is plain sailing for the rest of the month. I wonder if you are going to travel through the Kiel canal to get to Copenhagen?

Here at home it had been the HH loppis :) Miss E and I had a lovely day together there yesterday, but didn’t actually buy much, and of course I went down again this morning. It was nice to chat to a few people that I knew, and to see if there were any treasures, and to be out in the sunshine! Yea! The sun is finally beginning to warm up! Pappa was out all weekend camping with his friend A, in his caravan, down in the forest in Ostfold somewhere, whilst A was judging a motorbike trials competition.

Our new hens are finally beginning to lay...there were 6 eggs this morning. The bees are busy, the weeds are growing and Pappa is finally going to begin in the fields tomorrow... My daffodils are fully out and the tulips are coming slowly. I wonder if you are going to be in Holland for 17th May? This year the parents of HH school have decided that it is too far for their children to walk to the church, and so they are leaving the parade at the bridge and coming back to school up the main road, whilst the rest of the children from the other two schools and the band continue on! It has certainly created a bit of talk, and even the student council voted against it! But the parents get their way. It must be sad for the seventh class, I think.

I am looking forwards to talking to you very soon my darling, and to seeing you again in just a few weeks more.

Love from your Mamma.