By the way, things have mostly returned to normal after the floods. Most of the villages have had their water pumped out, and the restoration work has begun. The biggest way it has affected us is that the train to Victoria's new school is still not running. Apparently there was damage to the track and the signalling equipment which they say will take at least 12 weeks to fix. Hopefully it will be done as soon as possible so Victoria does not have to keep getting rides from co-workers.

We're going to a wedding in the south of England this weekend. I'm hoping this continuous rain we have been having for about 3-4 weeks will finally stop, at least for Saturday night when we have to sleep in a tent!