Where was shaun?

Emmas has finished School! All the exam stress is over, apart from, of course, the results, which are due out in mid August.

She has worked so hard, diligently revising everyday. 
The exams all went ok apart from the last one in RS which was really tough.
She has had her leavers dinner and last night we went to watch her sing in the Summer Concert. It was a lovely evening despite the 30 degree + temperatures we have been enduring this week.

Junior strings were as always a joy (!) Some of her friends did a fantastic rendition of “Hello” from the “Book of Mormon” and for me the best part of the show was when they all performed a medley of songs from Les Miserables which they held at the school November last year.

It was really moving to watch her friend, Jamie, sing “Bring him home” and “Do you hear the people sing” which are my favourite songs from the play and a reminder of how much they all enjoyed staging that play.

Her last two years at Sixth form at CRGS have been amazing for Emma. She has thoroughly enjoyed her time there. I have no doubt that the last two years have been best years of her time at school.

After a busy couple of weeks it was good to have a day at home. Emma has done 5 of her 7 A level exams so there’s just one week left to go and then she’s all done. She’s worked so hard, putting in hours of revision every day but it’s not long now and she can enjoy the summer.

While K pottered about in the garden I worked on my work bike as it had developed a lot of creaks. A whole new drivetrain apart from the rear derailleur and I am now creak free.

It was a beautiful day today, it was pretty hot, peaking at 30 this afternoon so K and I headed out on the bikes at 7 this morning for a cruise around the lanes. I love that time of day the air was cool, all the birds were singing and there was hardly anyone around.

Pop came over for a brew and stayed for lunch we had to keep moving around the garden to keep out of the sun.

And….. the blue tits fledged!

It’s Derek’s Birthday today so yesterday we popped down to the Chequers at Goldhanger for a really nice lunch. The weather was fantastic so we stopped off at Abberton Reservoir on the way back.