Today was my school's Founders' Day, which traditionally kicks off the half-term holiday. We had to process down the high street in the village and into the church in gowns and hoods, but for some strange reason the newest members of staff (like me), who had little idea where to go, had to lead the procession. Fortunately I didn't muck up, and we had nice drinks and lunch afterwards in the state rooms.

 

So, I now have 10 days or so of rest and relaxation, with no commitments. Seems nice now, but I shall probably be getting quite bored of it after a few days, and might get tempted to do some bell ringing, or something equally daft. I have just reached 300 peals, which seems like a good number at which to stop, although had I been able to conduct just 5 more of them I would have reached a real Willettsesque milestone.