I learned this week that there is such a thing as astronomical twilight and astronomical night, and that during the peak of summer because of the tilt of the earth, we only get to the twilight in the UK. There is an awesome visualisation of this on Clear Outside. I learned this because now I love next to a field so I am eyeing up a telescope for late night stargazing.

I ripped the hell out of my back again. Limping, slow walks, stretches and nurofen are in order.

The family were all on half term and so I got some time in the house alone when they went off to visit relatives. Just as I was starting to get used to it, they returned.

The return of the family meant the return of The Lunchbox Tyranny – the nightly Making of Sandwiches that strikes fear and dread into everyone who thinks they’ve done all their chores and can safely go to bed.