from the land of rain

not really fair, allegedly this was a hot and dry place a couple of days before our arrival. However, the drizzle and other varieties of wet had never stopped since we arrived to the midst of the Pennines (picturesque when visible...)
We are having a pleasant time, though we had our adventure with officialdom and the ruins of public transport here. But lovely curry, chat with old friends staring at miserable Rochdale (reaffirming we did the right thing) make another reasonable holiday. Dad and Muriel are lovely and are doing fine, we are well looked after.

Jai and Kylie are looking after the farm on their own, Alan found them well capable. There are a few problems that would have happened whoever is in charge, hopefully all get solved - will be back in a few days. On the 17th, probably late night, as we have stuff to do in Budapest. It is also nice to be away from the local politics of gossip and petty quarrels; I will keep doing my best as I was elected by a handsome majority, but another 3 years of this stuff seems awfully long...

Student Zoltan got 40/50% for one part of the exam (it is what I expected) but 0 for the other - which is usually multiple choice - so I would query that, it seems
impossible to achieve. He is a bit downhearted, but the truth is that the
difference between the basic level and advanced level is nearly as great
as that between nothing and the basic - it needs more time, unfortunately.

There will be pictures, such as Alan drinking 3 local beers simultaniously, if I find the lead to connect Alan's mobile to the PC.
and now Dad is taking me to Morrison's so that I can replenish our supply of tea, custard, curry-paste, parkin...