A late post for Friday's blog as we did not get home until after midnight. Isobel made a slow and relaxed start to the morning but brightened up by lunchtime.

After lunch we had planned a quick trip up to Milton Keynes to collect Isobel's handbag which had been left behind on our earlier visit. Departure was delayed when we learned that the Dartford crossing was solid as a result of a failure of the toll booths. We finally left just before 4pm without Iona, who predicted many hours would be spent in traffic jams. However we were very lucky, avoiding most to the ten mile tailback and keeping moving all the time. We arrived at Milton Keynes just before 6pm. We stayed rather longer than planned. Isobel had fish and chips for dinner, followed by banoffee and various cakes. The journey home was uneventful and Isobel went straight to bed. Isobel does not have any problems with these fairly long car journeys, very odd. Her balance and walking today was none too good, her speech was variable.