Did the horses as standard in the morning and then spent the afternoon computering and sorting the house before my mother arrived from Scotland (she lives on the Isle of Mull). This involved the carpet cleaners scrubbing for 4 hours to erase the signs of the last two big parties! My mother did very well to drive the whole way down and then cook supper for Sarah (Bullen) and Charlie who came round for a catch-up (we've not seen my mother since well before the Olympics). I felt a little like a whirlwind had arrived but it was great to see her; even though going to bed proved tricky as she kept bouncing in past midnight to ask if I had found her watch or trying to quiz me on lengthy subjects, all things I felt could wait till tomorrow as I had to be up early to ride out on the racehorses!