June
Both
Helen and Jay were home for the Bank Holiday weekend at the start of the month,
and we all attended the Toddington village Jubilee party in the village hall on
Saturday 2.
An enterprising and artistic local resident had decorated our
roundabout with a crown and attendant guardsmen.
There was bring and share food in the
village hall and family games in the grounds.
Over 150 villagers attended and the weather stayed dry and sunny, if a
little cool for the time of year.
On Monday 24 Roger had his annual dental
check-up. Having been suffering pains in
both upper and lower jaw for some weeks, he feared the worst, so was mightily
relieved to hear that just three fillings needed re-doing. They were done on the spot with very little
drilling and this appears to have done the trick.
We were lucky in the
On Wednesday 27 Teresa was off by 7.00
am to meet up with Helen at Paddington
and they arrived at
Helen
on the main concourse … Teresa with her programme
The first match was Roger Federer,
Helen’s favourite player. Though it was
short, Helen was pleased to see him winning.
Next, and the best match of the day, was the three set thriller which
saw the seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki knocked out by the unseeded Tamira
Paszek. Finally, top seed Novak Djokovic
started his match, and Helen was able to stay until close of play.
Federer
about to serve … looking up to see Prince Charles chatting to Bruce Forsyth
Teresa had to leave a little earlier, of
course. Because of a restricted rail
timetable that day, she decided to get off at
Meanwhile, Roger had watched much of the tennis at home, and, as
expected, saw Teresa and Helen appear regularly in the background as the camera
showed the crowd, captured here on screen, thanks to Uncle Mick.