Hail all,Well, we are in picton waiting for the ferrty and just about to do a last walk with a view of the sounds. it is a bit grizzly today but the weather has been most clement! WE have been picking and eating a lot of cherries, the hugest ones i have ever seen and are feeling rather blottus and sick, Also picked a huge amount of apricots at $2 a kilo which we will never manage to eat beofre they get too ripe so i might have to cook some! Mama would ahve loved it, they were so cheap and tasty! Geoff had a suspisious red mouth after the cherries so had to stay in the bushes until the dye had worn of! WEll, hope all is well at the homestead. geoff was wondering what Jul’s indeapth training consisted of – learning how to read a letter – hahaha! most amusing i thought! After the Christmas orgy i looked rather plump to say the least in all the photos – a tum verging on the mama’s so i thought a less sugar diat would be a good plan as all clothes becoming a bit tight! Geoff is getting a bi of a tum too so he’s ofthe choc for the time being – most painful. We will prepare old gerty for the big sale if you are not sure whats happening but you have a while yet to decide if you want her or not – a most reliable old girl. Did you find out about easter time in the lake district? might be able to go but count feb out i think as too soon after we get bacj, the day after in fact and also weather not as good then is it?? well, will mail or phone from the north.T