This afternoon with the family we had a nice 5 mile walk around Durham. On the river banks there was an awful lot of Himalayan balsam which is crowding out indigenous riverside plants. The river was even lower than last week and pretty soon the cormorants on the weirs in the centre will just be able to walk over to the fish and gobble them up! Fiona's first broad beans were picked today and she had some for tea whilst I finished off the courgettes from the school garden. I tried her broad beans and they were absolutely delicious. Totally blew away those you get from the supermarket! We watched The Matrix, part one, whilst munching. A nice day and I am going to end it with a serious chunk of reading tonight; maths, Baha'i history, and Hamlet for the second time through!