“I haven’t walked that way for ages. Shame I haven’t still got my
bike.” sighed Nanny Dot. “It’ll be like travelling back in time to school”
said Daniel, rather pleased with himself for his Back to the Future
style reference. “I’ll pop next door to collect my bag.” said Nanny Dot,
already heading for the door.
While she was gone, kit whispered his idea to Susie, the one he was
keeping to himself earlier. Susie agreed it was a great idea.
The trip to school was fabulous. Nanny Dot showed them a shortcut
past the cricket pitch, and then the rather overgrown trail that
brought them alongside the Village Hall. She pointed out the
blackberries on the bushes that she and Jack used to pick on the way
home. On route, as promised, the children got to ride on the bridle
path. Nanny Dot chuckled as she showed them where she had fallen
off her bike and bruised her knee one windy morning in 1946.
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