It's an almost frosty morning - whatever happened to Global Warming? - and we are off for an hour's swim (well, float!) in the warm-water pool, after which we'll drive to the Moruya Markets followed by a roast beef lunch at the Moruya Bowling Club.
However, I don't want to leave you wondering what to do, so I suggest you entertain yourselves with Melvyn Bragg's "The Adventure of English" - and what an adventure it has been! English is what happens when Vikings learn Latin and use it to shout at Germans.
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I almost did what these days every waitress does as she brings your meal and, with a sweet smile, says, "Enjoy!", but I won't because I know that "enjoy" is a transitive not an intransitive verb, and I should say, "Enjoy it!"
(And how often will you need to know the difference? Hardly ever, or not at all, but the odd thing is that those who do know fiddly bits about grammar take great satisfaction from that knowledge. Pedants of the world, unite!)
