Today Mum is off to the Big City on a Train to meet her Old School Buddies. It has become a sort of annual reunion and all four of them journey in from their respective corners of the field. We thought we heard Mum mutter that she had to catch the Pekindilly Line and we were very excited at the thought of who she might see in Birdcage Walk. Us boys urged her to call in at the Cock Tavern in East Poultry Avenue and have a half of Quail Ale, but the girls wanted her to visit Petticoat Lane. Mum isn't very 'au fait' with Trains as Harvest puts it, and Kizzie has to put her on the right platform at the beginning of her Big Day Out. Then Mum waits for Mandy to hang out of the window and Mum clambers aboard, as instructed. They will meet Bella and Pauline in the middle of the Big City - we hope. We do wonder if we will ever see Mum again and wished her Bon Voyage and Farewell, just in case. Fortunately Dad is staying at home and getting our food - which is a great relief to us all. Gordon and Sylvia xxx