I woke up refreshed at Peter's this morning but I did detect the beginnings of a cold. Having completed the installation of my successor last night, I had been quite drained when I went to bed last night and a good night's sleep in a comfortable bed was really appreciated. Peter and I chatted over tea and toast in the kitchen this morning and Steve, the builder who had constructed our extension in Wiltshire, called round and we had a further short chat. I drove back to Wiltshire along the coast road and stopped briefly at Southampton to view RMS Queen Mary 2 and Saga Ruby (this is her last season before she follows her sister, Saga Rose, to the scrappers in China. The whole journey was accompanied by either heavy rain or persistent drizzle. I was pleased to get home. Tonight I went, with other parents, to Thom's school to understand the GCSE examination and revision timetable and to talk to his form tutor so that a realistic and sensible schedule of revision can be put together. Quite a few resources are available (more than we ever had in the 1960s) which are varied and exciting. Back home, Sara and I sat down with Thom and spent over an hour going through the presentation with him and setting ground rules. Like both Sara and me, he needs to have a good structured plan otherwise he'll just drift. Sara and I are both notorious for doing that so we really have to stick to a sensible plan. Watched a documentary on the RAF Nimrod plane before going to bed tonight.
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