Mon 11 Feb
Gaah. No-one told me it was half term this week. Usually Mr M books up for skiing – maybe he forgot. He’s been very busy recently. What am I meant to do with the boys for a week on my own? Rang Mummy to see if she could take them today. No answer – very mysterious. What can she possibly be doing?
Postcard arrived from Gstaad. Bother. Mummy’s gone skiing with her yoga friends. Visions of them whizzing down the piste in half-lotus position.
Boys were bored and whiny all morning, till Sonja suggested the recumbant bikes in Dulwich Park. We all went and had fun zooming round the lake. Sam and Tom particularly enjoyed pretending to be out of control while heading straight for people pushing buggies, then braking at the last minute as the terrified parents prepared to grab the babies and run for it. Very naughty of them, really.
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Gainsborough’s “Mrs Elizabeth Moody and her two sons” can be viewed until 5pm every day except Mondays at Dulwich Picture Gallery (Picture by Permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery)
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About Catherine Fraher
Catherine used to work for companies like eBay, the Financial Times and FHM. Now she is bringing up her daughter, Eve, and finally getting round to all the books, films, exhibitions and travelling she never managed before. "Pleasure First!"
