Happy New Year

To all those who have been reading this stuff, thank you very much for all the support in 2007, and the good news is I'm going to carry on! I've only been blogging for six months or so, and I didn't realise I'd miss it so much being offline for a week.

There are a few problems, though. Exams start tomorrow (TOMORROW!) and there is no way I can justify the detour away from the books, so this entry must be short. But having been away for a week there is much to write, and I will have forgotten most of it by the time I'm allowed to blog at length again, which ought to be Monday 14 January in the afternoon. I've got a list a page long of all the things I'm going to do when I'm finally free.

So look forward to an account of some or all of the following: the amazing coincidence of the Cumbrian cottage owner, the delightful company of Lola II and Marcus, the Truly Magnificent Chicken Curry, the return via Carlisle and Altrincham, and the new kitchen roof.