So to be pedantic this is not Boxing Day but St Stephen's Day. BD is tomorrow and is a Bank Holiday. Today is thus a bit of a non event-perfect for visiting friends in bleak Belfast assuming we can get through on icy roads. It was so good not to have Turkey on Christmas Day but Salmon. Thank goodness for a Veggie in our midst. Turkey is long in the making and boring in the eating. And thankgoodness we were not with the Scottish relies. So busy enjoying the snow in that brief period of twilight which passes for daytime in the Hielands that they missed the Queen's Speech and did not open presents until after 4pm. Such a break in tradition is unacceptable in civilised circles but apparently, according to my informant the whole day was 'child centred' Screams, petulance, meltdown, recriminations-well out of that for once.
