A day at home with Thom today as Sara took Mary, Izzy and Andrea to Cheltenham for the British Cheerleading Association contest. More snow again this morning although it is not settling. I didn't feel like getting up this morning with it being so cold and I had no appointments or people to see. Today's task in the 40 Acts of Lent was to have a cup of tea/coffee with somebody I don't know and so I decided to wonder down to the Gospel Lifeboat Mission in the village where each month they put on a free "drop in for coffee and cakes" morning. I was very surprised how busy it was. Amongst the people there were the Morning Star guys who were on their way to Bournemouth for a day out and a picnic! They had stopped off for morning coffee having travelled one mile! I spent some time with an nice elderly lady called Bunny who moved into the village about 4 years ago to be near her son and attended the Methodist Church. It transpires that she used to go to school at Barton Peveril which is now the sixth form College for which Thom has been offered a place. She has always lived in and around the Eastleigh area - like Sara. I also chatted with Sid, Carol and Duncan reminding Duncan that we would like him to come and have a look at Thom's bedroom light which appears to be faulty. I bought pies from the shop for our lunch . This afternoon Thom and I watched football and rugby and I also saw the end of a great film about the last years of Tsar Nicholas II starring Michael Jayston of "A bit of a do" fame. Sara and Mary had a fantastic day with the Streetz Cheerleading team getting an award for 5th place (out of 13) in their competition class. They all came home suitably happy as they knew the competition was going to be tough and didn't really expect to get anything. Well done again girls! Sara was very tired when she got home - driving to and from strange places is something she detests especially in the dark.
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