Sunday 2nd November: Clear up morning and the rain sets in, but we're packed away by 11am, and I make sure the lock-up is well ordered, happy with that.

My hip is giving me increasing discomfort, and I hobble around for the morning. The afternoon I take the radio back to Hubbards Lodge and I meet Mary, the Major's wife and Hugh's mother. She assails me with all the hurt, the dogs, the horses, half an hour of unending verbiage. I make my escape and let Brian & Michael know that they owe me a beer.