Yank

A family outing to the dentist yesterday. Most of us got off lightly but Fearnley had FIVE teeth taken out. A whole line-up of stubborn milk-molars that were preventing the big ones from coming through straight. Fortunately his friend Simon had a similar experience a few months ago so it didn't come as too much of a surprise.

Herne has joined the Racing Club Salvageois football club. He is a "poussin", which is an important step up from a "débutant". Today they played in a huge tournament of poussins from all over the Tarn. There must have been 70 or 80 teams. Although they didn't win the tournament (or in fact any of their matches), the Racing Club Salvageois were still awarded a trophy and Herne, as captain, went up on stage to collect it.

Our pool has a robot which wanders around underwater, sucking up bits and keeping the water clean. At least that's the theory. In practice it has been heading straight for the corner and sulking there. So today I went to the robot shop and bought some new wheels and tyres. Magic! A rejuvenated robot. I celebrated by going for a rather cold swim.