Stuck in Traffic/Weekend/Neighbours/Yes/Sunday Lunch

By the time we were ready to leave, the sun was already high in the cloudless sky. I don't usually take long to get moving in the mornings but sharing a shower with a cute eight-year-old is rather distracting and it took a while before we sat down for breakfast.

Ellie put her new dress on and I found some clean shorts and a polo shirt. We got a wave from Bob and the kids who were setting up a barbecue and set off. Ellie lived in a village about half-an-hour away and when we got there she directed me to her house. It was originally a farm labourers' two up/two down cottage that had been extended sideways and back, to add a modern kitchen, a bathroom and an extra bedroom on the ground floor.

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