Did the usual at-home stuff this morning, and the boys helped me make lunch consisting of boiled eggs, crumbed fried chicken strips (my own recipe), sliced tinned pineapple, baked beans, sweetcorn, potato salad, and fresh tomato for Nick and me. In the afternoon the boys went outside to play but came in a while later, upset over an incident with one of the girls who lives nearby involving some unusually aggressive behaviour with a touch of physical assault thrown in. Caleb is usually quite contained and unemotional, so when the tears started spilling over during his retelling of the incident our parental hackles rose and Nick went out straight away to sort it out with her. She ran away but was suitably scared not to try it again (I hope). Sometimes other kids just need to see that the smaller or apparently defenseless kids have a champion. Neither boy was really hurt, just shaken. Anyway, Caleb didn’t want to go back outside to play straight away and it was getting to the time of day where the joy of being at home wears thin, so we got in the car and drove, ending up parked near the top of Ladder Hill. We climbed over a wall to get into a place I’ve never seen containing some lovely old cannon and structures. There was a terrifying and dizzying drop all around, not cordoned off at all, but thankfully the boys stayed far away from any edges. I was scared for my own safety just sitting cautiously at the edge where I could look down to see several Arctic Terns swooping and circling far, far below us. 
The boys found some underground tunnels which were also historically interesting, to think that in bygone days these had been used by soldiers guarding the island. We took a long time exploring the area, then finally left around 5.30, getting home just in time for the boys to have a quick bath and sandwich before going to church. Nick is pushing to finish his Acts series, so he tackled a long section of three chapters which did not contain a lot of doctrine, but he wove in a strong gospel message with an urgent call to ‘make right’ with God. It was very good.
The boys found some underground tunnels which were also historically interesting, to think that in bygone days these had been used by soldiers guarding the island. We took a long time exploring the area, then finally left around 5.30, getting home just in time for the boys to have a quick bath and sandwich before going to church. Nick is pushing to finish his Acts series, so he tackled a long section of three chapters which did not contain a lot of doctrine, but he wove in a strong gospel message with an urgent call to ‘make right’ with God. It was very good.
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