Quite a long one, starting Xmas morning around 2.30 am with Reuben bursting in to our bedroom saying he had a surprise. In staggers Jacob having been missing in action for 3 months round east Asia and told Alice he wasn’t coming back for Christmas. So fabulous present for Mrs B.Lunch at Mallards, Alice, M , Mike X 2, G X 2 and Charlie, good mix, great food, too much wine. For me at least as Alice drove home.Boxing day quiet, coffee at East17.Skating at Van Hague’s 28thAll cousins together, and dinner at ours on 30th