If it's midsummer, this must be...

After all the busy-ness and the not-ready of the last week, we are on Lindisfarne and are spending the week here: yes, I'm a bit disoriented by the week starting and ending on Monday, but that's when the cottage was available. So D. and valydiarosada drove up to Durham yesterday, and we had dinner together, and this morning they set off and visited Wallington (which is almost on the way) and we finished our packing and were away from home by one o' clock. And we all met again on the island at four, which is when we were allowed into our cottage.

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