Please give us a day to come. Caroline is asking me if we have a firm invitation (I think she expects something embossed). She doesn’t want to impose. If your father's arrival complicates things let us know.  Perhaps we can come after he has settled in. I met him in the High Street last week and he said he was looking forward to it. Actually he said he thought it was 'bloody stupid you moved into a decrepit old house but that someone may as well fill the rooms.'  I’m sure he’s proud of you.