As expected first stop was a traditional Sunday dinner. We met up with the whole family for a Sunday carvery at the South Causey Inn. It was lovely. Mum has two massive Yorkshire puddings. Second stop was Vennels in Durham for cake and tea! Carrot cake, lemon cake and chocolate cake all around. Yummy. Lovely shop around Waterstones book shop. Found some cool dyslexia friendly books. There is a publisher that republishes we’ll know books in a dyslexia f...

We had a lazy morning. Decided to go to Diggerland! Met Leanne, Leah, Aleah there! Lovely day for it. Not too busy and a lovely day. We made the mistake of doing the spin dizzy first. Felt really sick. Had a cereal bar and felt ok then. Poor Leanne felt as sick as a dog for a couple of hours. The kids loved it. First time Harry could ride a lot of the stuff himself. Aleah has never been there before and enjoyed it. Had a bite to eat and were the l...

We had a lazy morning. Still stuck in jet lag mode. Took a drive to royal grammar school (“RGS”). Located in Jesmond in Newcastle. We met the deputy headmaster. He was very nice. Told us a bit about the school. We might go for a tour next week. Seemed like a nice school. Very good results. Day school only. Train goes from Durham straight to a stop right outside the school. Difficult decision as Josh ready for a change but Harry not. Went to pizz...

Had a bit of a struggle to get up. Dropped the boys off at gran and grandad’s. Headed over to High Barton. Got there by 11:30! Great to see the place with walls and a roof on. Looked more like a house and after a walk around actually felt like a house! Nice feeling to it. John and Ben there. Sorted out some final changes. Underfloor bearing in living room and move the wall in the kitchen up to the back wall so we can still see the view from the si...