I had a week booked off, and the Wicked week leading up to it was manic at work, with the issue due out as well as setting up and coding web-stuff for while I was to be there. Thursday and Friday were a bit panicky, but got there just in time. Which meant that the weekend of 10 June I had the girls down, and in between Formula One updates, had a bit of a retro time watching The Monkees and Buck Rogers.

On the Monday, we went down to sis' place in Wiltshire for a week of R&R. The drive was rather more excellent than anticipated, and having left Kent just before lunch, we arrived just after. Having seen signs on the M25 informing drivers of long delays at Stonehenge, we were rather surprised by this.

Home-made pizza for dinner was scrummy. I'm fairly indifferent to pizza on the grounds that there is usually far too much dough and not enough topping. But this was the complete opposite, with the base simply there to hold the toppings. I approve!

Tuesday, we went with sis and little dog to Cheddar Gorge, which very much likes dogs and provided water bowls at every turn. We pretty much explored the place from top to bottom, including inside the caves.

 And we even went adventuring to find the dragon!

I don't recall whose bright idea it was to climb the stair case of doom in such lovely weather, but I for one, feel no need to do any more exercise for the rest of the year!

Actually, the staircase wasn't too bad all the time one thought there was a good view and a bench to sit upon from which to admire it. But no, one had to further climb a tower with too many holes to get the splendiferous view, and there was no bench at the top of that either.

We went to the Yak and Yeti for dinner, a Nepalese restaurant which doesn't serve goat, but is nevertheless very lovely, and I much enjoyed the floor-sitting as opposed to table and chairs - very reminiscent of Egypt. And we were very well looked after, too.