I went with Ronan and the children to the Dinosaur Park just to the west of Norwich. I’ve never been before, though it’s been there for about 20 years – the sort of place you go with children and mine were too old by the time it opened. It was very good and the children were fabulous. We talked about other children, Ro knows that not all are as well behaved as his are, though Perdita has her moments. But even when she has a meltdown, it’s for a reason and she can usually be talked out of it, because she listens and wants to co-operate.

I’m pretty well ready for the party of 16 tomorrow. I hope we can eat outside, but a quick table-moving job can be done if that won’t work. But cloudy conditions, 23-24º seems okay, as long as it’s not too humid or windy.

Augustus is 11 today.