Today was Sarah’s last trip back to hospital before we return home. For once the trains ran on time, and it was a smooth journey – only one change, at Wolverhampton once more, and the train to Oxford leaves from the same platform as the Bilbrook train arrives on, so that’s handy!

Bilbrook’s a nice little place, lots of handy shops, and some lovely signs. Eira had a good run around the park on the way back from the train station.

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I went foraging for blackberries with Eira in the afternoon. She seems to quite like them too, but is happy to let me do the picking.

There was an apple tree too, but the apples were well out of reach – so I got some down with the boat hook! Sadly they were more suitable for cider than anything else, but we had a couple of apples from Donald and Beth, so I used those with the blackberries:

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Ok I confess it was shop-bought pastry, but very yummy all the same, it went down great with some custard. If anyone’s in the area I’ve got some left over!