The wife is on her way south leaving Huttonian to his own devices for over 24 hours including an essential visit to Sir Morrisons and the battle with the caravanners who will not really thin out until after the Bank Holiday weekend. Tesco have planning permission to erect a super store but this wont spread the caravan load as the shop will be in Tweedmouth outside the normal operating, when hung over, range of the van people who are concentrated north of the town and can reach Morrisons on auto pilot. Now the Scottish schools are back Morrison's are spared some aggro but the aggressive parents remain in charge of the under fives. One harassed mother struggling with two toddlers and a huge trolley of Chips, Coca Cola, Beer, Pizza and other wholesome ingredients for today's dinner or tea was yelling at one of them' Just wait until we get home and you'll get a good hiding' I am not sure if this is still within the provisions recent child protection legislation but the irate parent did not seem to care too much-neither, apparently, did the elder toddler of indeterminate sex-blue trainers but a pink tee shirt whose juice stained tongue was in the permanently stuck out position.
Message from the wife-train running late 'because of branches on the line in the Motherwell area' that's a new one and of little relevance as the train is now south of Newcastle? Anyhow it will be the excuse constantly trotted out as the caravan continues and any inconvenience caused, like missing a connection to Sydney, will be regretted.
