Dear Readers, I’m back in East Finchley after 17 days in Namibia. What an adventure! Over the next week I’ll be sharing some of the highlights, but today I’m climbing a small mountain of mail, a larger mountain of laundry (though mostly wrangled by my wonderful husband) and am catching up on some sleep.

Oh, and I’m also hoping to take delivery of two new foster cats, Pudding and Sunshine. Not sure which is which! Two girls, which will make a change after the boisterous boys, though I do note that one is a ‘naughty torty (tortoiseshell) so I’m bracing myself.

Also, what have you guys done with the weather while I’ve been away? We arrived at 6 a.m. to the sound of everyone scraping their windshields. Freezing temperatures were a bit of a shock after 40 degrees in the Namib. But even so, it’s good to be home!