Dad – been good to stay a couple of nights with my Dad.  We are clearly getting more sensible, or just older, as our wine intake was very limited.  He is in good form, agreeing with his doctor yesterday that he could come off his medication.  He is tired of taking it and doesn’t think that it will make much difference.  I have told him that I will buy a decent juicer so that he can get all his nutrients and vitamins naturally, which might help take the place of the medicines.

But he has not entirely mellowed. He complains (rightly) that cars drive far too fast through the village, Appledore, including the little stretch outside his house, where there is no pavement.  He reacted to one car doing so as he was walking the dog by cracking his walking stick down on the roof a speeding car, as it passed.  Unfortunately, it was a police car, which screatched to a halt. Copper got out and asked my dad what the hell he thought he was doing.  Dad said that he was driving dangerously fast.  Copper said he was on an emergency.  Dad said, ‘Bollox.  In that case you would have had lights and siren on’.  Copper muttered and got back in car and drove off!  One for my Dad but I hope that he doesn’t do it too often.