Awesome Adventure 2016: Ardeche, boarding and London

Sophie seems to be enjoying Ardeche - at least as far as we can tell from the school's blog posts. They have their bivouac tonight, heading off from their usual campsite. I have heard that they have to carry all of their gear and won't even have a tent. With Sophie away, Will has grabbed the opportunity to board. When I phoned last night, he was busy playing rugby on the front lawn. With several older boys staying in the boarding house, he was very keen to be part of the activities. I guess that playing rugby with a Year 8 Fijian was probably fairly appealing.

After dropping Will off on Monday, John and I drove through to London. With heavy rain, the trip down the M1/A1 took a while. We then stayed at Tony and Jackie's that night. John caught the train out of London early and I took the late train, both managing to use off peak tickets. I mostly wandered around Covent Garden. The following day, we both went back into London. I had lunch with Nerida (a friend from Uni who has settled over here) and then we walked across the Millenium Bridge to the south bank. We arrived back in Terrington very late. Yesterday, John went out to a nearby farming museum and I managed to finish my conference poster. Heading to the Lakes District today.