Dave went off today to get a job done which has been bugging him for weeks. He has being trying to get a shed base dug out, hardcored and slabs laid but the weather has just been hopeless. It wasn't helped by the fact that the peoples garden was like a bog and it was in Sedbergh which is a bit of a drive away. BUT it's finished....Hooray!! Never again, he is aching all over tonight after laying 43 big, heavy slabs, poor baby!!

We stayed at home and the rain held off for most of the day, so I was manically washing while the kids played. In between the piles of laundry, Eilidh got on with some nature science, making a mini wormery to see how worms work in the soil, mixing up mud, sand and gravel to see how the different things seperate in water and spotting bugs in some soil!! We got this great book yesterday with loads of experiments about nature in so she has been really keen to get some done!!

Yesterday we went up to Hawkshead to meet up with some of Dave's family. His brother and sister-in-law were over from America so his mum and sister and her family came over for a day out with them. It was pouring all day but we went on up to Grizedale Forest and the kids played on the adventure playground in the rain and then we went on for a short walk around the sculpture trail. Eilidh and Ben were busy talking the ears off Auntie Barbara (American one!) all the way around and were given loads of lovely presents which off course they were very happy about!! Dave and his brother don't always get on (slight understatement!!) but there were no arguments and not too much stress so it was good!!! It was really nice to see everyone despite the rain!

Tomorrow we are off to the Westmorland County Show, a huge agricultural show up here so we are praying for good weather. Last year it was a complete mud bath!!