News in brief

The Ford is sold. Olivia is currently seeing the insides of the first Official Garage that doesn't involve backdoor work and amateur swearing (ie, someone who knows what they're doing)- though I suspect she's become addicted to being towed by Toyotas. I got to drive an automatic diesel Discovery 2 to work yesterday (what an experience! so different from the white-knuckle Series trip). The house is still marvellously full of people and things. I'm on leave next week to "pimp my ride". And winter's back - snow on mountains, freezing wind, rain.