A cracking day . I got out this morning to do my Baha'i stall under a beautiful blue sky with high cirrus clouds whirling above all those ice crystals slowly falling and had a nice time sat there taking some questions about my religion as well as a folk taking a handful of leaflets. Had a nice mini chat with a Christian lady doing a Christian stall just up the way . Nice .

Fiona was totally zonked with her sinusitis today so me and the lads went for a lope around the Durham Woods and then had a nice biscuit break in center of Durham at the market , well I say biscuit break  because we raided the pie and cake shop and got a Cornish pasty, choccy muffin and Clifford wolfed a vanilla slice . All washed down with Diet Coke . When Mums away , the boys will play . Yum yum!

Had a good rap and roll conversation wise with the lads today and it was good to be tonking around nice and briskly because Fiona wasn't there to slow us up. But we missed her ! Miles drove really well and got us back home and i crashed with the lovely Fiona for half of the Leonard Cohen  live in London cd and then got down to knocking up the meatballs , homemade tonight , tomato sauce , sphagghetti and garlic bread to feed the hungry pack . Two episodes of Fawlty Towers coming up and then later Fiona and I are going to watch a documentary about the Stax recording and record producing outfit which will be great because we love that Southern Soul. Great day !

About time the Maths A Level is being looked at. Very easier and very much harder combinations can get a pupil  the same result . I hope they make Mechanics 1, 2,3,4 compulsory . Mechanics 3 and 4 are that tricky that even the independent schools don't do them. The kids wouldn't do so well  and risk losing a University place .  My hard working eldest son did Mechanics 3 and 4 all on his own !  I worked out that of all the Maths students in the UK him and a few other crazies were the best prepared for a Under Graduate Maths Degree. He did all of the Further Maths Modules as well.

It strikes me sometimes we are trying to get the best out of kids and make them all the same so no one feels bad, at the same time . Not possible!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20067870