There are no stairs in a caravan
And that would have been a good thing this morning, because Toby fell down the stairs in our house 
I don’t know how far he fell, because I didn’t see it happen. He’s been going up and down stairs on his own for a while now, but I still try to be sort of aware of his whereabouts… I obviously wasn’t on the ball this morning though. I heard the clunk-clunk-clunk as he toppled, and found him lying on the floor at the bottom - which is ceramic tiles. He cried for a bit, then nursed for a bit, but seems okay. I expect he’ll have a couple of impressive bumps on his head though.
George has also been injured today, having fallen off his bicycle at the bottom of the street. He and Freddy walked the pups, then came back and swopped the dogs for their bicycles. A few minutes later, Freddy came rushing back to tell me that George was lying on the ground and couldn’t walk. Well, given George’s dramatic tendencies, I didn’t panic too much over the “couldn’t walk” bit, and sure enough when I went down to rescue him, he was perfectly able to stand up and walk home. He’s bashed his knee - no cuts, but he’ll have a fine set of bruises.
Otherwise… laundry, laundry, laundry…
We telephoned Barney when we got home last night; he sounds cheerful and well. School finished there on Friday, so he now has the whole summer off, then he’ll have a week or two back in school before he returns to us. I asked if he was glad school had finished for the summer; he said he liked school better than being at home. But when I asked if that meant he’d want to go to school when he gets back here, he was quite firm in his opinion that home-education was better still 
I was so tempted to re-pack our bags and go back for another few days away… but my friend J has been to collect the keys to the caravan now, so I suppose I’ll just have to cope with real life for a while 
I don’t think anyone is going to make it to ju-jitsu tonight; we’re all still tired and I think an early night would benefit all of us.
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