1. For most of our visit, out of the corner of my eye, the four children have been visible on the trampoline, either bouncing or lying in a heap talking about important child things.
2. In the old privy I find a swallow's nest, which must be fresh this year because the moss showing over the lip of the clay cup is still green.
3. I go with Alec to the greater barn where Uncle Tim has set up a slack line. It is anchored at one end to one of steel beams and at the other to a tractor that is swallowed up by the vast space. Alec can now get himself on to the line, and walk five paces.
4. As I open the rooflight, three jackdaws launch from the roof of the outbuildings.
5. Bettany calling out flower names as we walk down the lane.
6. Taking a last long look at the view across the valley, noting the positions of the hills, the hedges and the field walls.
