New (used) car
We collected our new car last night, which we had bought from our friends Jane & Clive, who had decided to get a new one. The car is a 9 year old Ford Laser, which is not a model that's been released in the UK, and a quite standard 5 -door hatchback but hopefully it should be reliable! Sue drove it home in the dark and heavy rain, which was not ideal, but we got back safely and squeezed the 2 cars into the car port.

This means we're back to being a 2 car family and don't need to coordinate activities around the one car so much, plus hopefully the Ford will be less of a petrol guzzler than the Honda, so that we'll use it more 'around town'. This is also going to be the car that Laura will get her practice miles in once she's had a few more lessons, so not surprisingly the insurance is high!

Rebecca also went away for another school 'camp' yesterday - this time with the whole of her year as a start of school 'bonding exercise'. They've gone to an organised adventure centre about 2 hours drive up the coast, near Newcastle. The weather's not looking great for the next few days and they're back Wednesday, but we're sure she'll have a good time and she's making lots of new friends already.