I’ve lost all the passwords, so I can’t hack into anyone’s account anymore. On the rent front, perhaps I should be charging you a tenner a week, for keeping your room vacant, rather than letting it out to one of the many headed!

None of my emails seem to be going out at the moment. This is what I just sent:

Hi Círot,

Speaking with Granny a few days ago she mentioned a shirt youíd sent her from Bali proving very agreeable to wear in this insanely hot weather weíve been having.

Your parcel just arrived. Liv plucked out the DVDs and started dancing around yodelling about them but I snitched them from him before Mama could see and tucked them away. What am I supposed to do with them?

The coffee ñ jeepers, Iíve never seen so much coffee at one time! At our normal rate of consumption, thatís a years supply. Iíll try a small cup tomorrow, as a mid week special exemption. Cheers. Cambodian, I presume?

Mamaís unsure if the skirts are for her to wear or what. They certainly allow for much expansion in the tum region!

Nowt happening here, except itís still crazily hot and we go to Climping to swim as regularly as we used to truck down to St Pol when at Neil and Sallyís ñ ie, every day, if not twice a day. The lawn is still green, though, because in between sweltering periods, it rains quite hard. All in all, apart from the asthma, a great summer.

Mireille rang to invite us to the inaurgeration of their swimming pool! I imagine there would be some stupid ritual associated with this, like having to strip naked, crow like a cockerel and dive in backwards while consuming ridiculous quantities of vile alcohol. Anyway, we didnít go, though we might later on. We might go to Seychelles, too, or Mama might, with Mireille and Francoise.

L&M have a new place. If Mama understood rightly, itís a bungalow in South London with a spare bedroom which they may let out. Anyway, J&M are coming over soon for a few days to visit so we may go up to London to see them.

I hope you find NZ fun. Donít be in too much of a hurry to buy the first car you see; although, of course, the first car you see may be just the one.

You could always but bikes, instead. Thatís the really inexpensive way to get around.

See you,

Díod