You are formally invited, but I better check with Ann on the date. I’m in the dog house here and I haven’t done anything! Our student has apparently done a runner and they all seem to think I was the cause. Then I was ‘encouraged’ to send the satellite dish back (which is OK because England are out of the World Cup and were pretty crap anyway). Unfortunately when they put in they took out an oak tree. I was appalled too, but it was done before I realized – they said they were going to get someone to trim it! Shirley is  tutting at me every time I go past and Ann can’t even manage that. She’s started hearing things, voices in the bedroom. It’s bloody cold here right now.

I think you must be mistaken about Dad. I spoke to him yesterday and he didn’t say anything. Actually he said a lot but it was all about the inadequacy of British sportsmen and how Manchester United were nothing compared to the Spurs side of the early 60’s.