Harry's Blog

Predictions that I wouldn't be able to cope on my own for a few days seem to be inaccurate. I have yet to burn the house down, lock myself out, fail to eat anything or run out of clean clothes.

No, instead I seem to have managed to work hard, do ALL the laundry, Hoover the floor, feed myself, buy groceries, defrost some milk and of course not accidentally set fire to myself and the house.

And I've even managed to have some fun - today I drove down the road to Ruislip Lido - which isn't a swimming pool - no, it's a reservoir and country park. I thought I'd go out for a walk at lunchtime and I took my camera along to record anything pretty I might see.

I've never been there before and only know of its existence due to some pictures I saw on Flickr. I was overjoyed to find it was beautiful, peaceful and an excellent place to go for a lunchtime stroll.

On a day when I have more time to spend I would love to walk all the way round the reservoir - I may drag the twins along in the near future to do just that, and Jo too, if she's feeling up to it.

I miss my family a lot. I miss Kitty's gorgeous gummy little smile, I miss Patrick's pirate-like "Arrrgh" and most of all I miss Jo. I miss her smile, her voice, her laughter, her eyes - I miss everything about her. She's my best friend, my inspiration, my joy and my sweetheart. I'm so glad she's had more time to recuperate in Dorset, but bloody hell, I'm even more glad she's coming home tomorrow.

She's one in a million. And when I grow up, I want to be just like her.

Ahem...anyway, let's change the subject before I do something unmanly like cry or summat.

Meanwhile I took plenty of photos of my trip to Ruislip Lido. You can see a small selection on the Photoblog, and many more over at Flickr (open in a new window/tab).