Morning Coffee in Stockbridge - A nice interlude

Sara and I drove into Stockbridge this morning to deliver Tom's homework to him at school as he had been unable to print it off before leaving on the school bus. We took the opportunity of having a leisurely coffee together in Lillie Langtry's tea room which was very pleasant and a change from all the rushing around. I had a light lunch of tuna salad and soup and then attempted to load software onto Tom's laptop to enable him to use his own printer. The software loaded okay but for some reason the printer will only operate after the laptop has been switched off and switched on again. I will need to have a further look at it or try and reload the software again. I washed the car and mowed the lawns this afternoon as well as heightening Mary's bike. We went off for a bike ride together this afternoon down Witt Road and skirting Bentley Wood to the Livery Road Gate and back through the centre of the wood - 6.5 miles! Supper this evening was mussels. Sara and Mary were babysitting at Karen's and I held a Food for Thought planning meeting with Rosemary, Gillian and Susan. I learned that the large meadow field between Middleton Road and Brown's Copse which villagers use as a cut to the village shop has been ploughed up by the local farmer following his request for planning consent to build seventy houses. This will certainly upset a few villagers.