Episode 9 - Jessie

Thursday cont.

Cleo had packed Max and Mathilda warm and cosy under a layer of blankets in the big double pushchair and dressed herself suitably for the hike to Huddlecourt Minor. It was one of those bitter cold December days when the wind blew cuttingly and the sun was hidden under a layer of dark grey clouds. Cleo reflected that they were definitely at the mercy of the elements. 

Episode 8 - Mrs Thomas

Wed cont. then Thursday December 17

Dorothy was not happy about going on a trip to Cardiff despite being flattered by Gary’s challenge, but it was important to talk to Bryn Thomas’s mother, so she decided to get on a train to Bristol, stay overnight with an old college friend with whom she had kept up a sporadic letter exchange over the years but had not seen for half a century, and persuade her to drive to her to Cardiff to find Mrs Thomas. Now she and Linda both had e-mail addresses and were thus free of snail-mail, communication was much easier. Dorothy sent her a mail and was immediately invited to stay as long as she wanted.