By train from Waterloo to Thames Ditton to see Jenny and Doug and the family. Jenn's mum is here and Doug and Emma, with Jasmine, now 11 months rather than the 3 months she was when we last saw her, round faced and happy, beginnin now to talk. Jenny comes back with the grandsons, Sam and Kai, collected from school, and cody, a week older than Jasmine and as interested in everything.
We have tea around their huge dining room table with salads and sausages and a large gammon and dundee cake and custard tarts. The babies are curious about the taste of everything. Laura and Nathan arrive back from Nathan's grandfather's funeral - and Cody immediately lifts his arms to be picked up by Laura, athough he's been content if sleepy with us.
The others are packed off home and Doug is dismayed to find he has left his wallet in the pocket of his trousers when he was persuaded to add them - at the last minute - to the wash. Predictable jokes about money laundering as he lays the contents out on a towel in front of the fire. The real loss, though, would appear to be several pounds worth of Tesco vouchers which have vanished. As we leave for the train he is examining the interior of the washing machine with a flashlight.
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