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We are not farmers by any stretch of the imagination. Nor are we strictly organic. But I am constantly reminded of the practical necessity of growing organic produce as we browse the local market where all the vegetables look crisp and perfect.

Like most things in the UK the schooling system is supposed to be very organised, if not regimented. Which is a bit intimating if you do not fit strictly within the parameters they work to.

Jono was seventeen without GCSE. Eventually we got him into a course for repeat students at Chichester College which is graded as Outstanding. But a year later I do have many questions. Not just about Chichester College, or the grading system, its the system.

Fortunately we ended getting locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic and he managed to scrape through with straight fours and a single five.

You can’t.

The long and the short of it. The best you can hope for is to manageb the problem.

 

My Dad has been working in the UK for the last eighteen months.

Not one of the easiest thing I have ever done. In fact applying for a spousal visa for the UK  has to be one of the most stressful thing I have ever attempted.

In part due to  the hefty price tag that comes with it.

It is costing us two thousand pounds each for my wife and two boys plus a further two thousand each for the Immigration Health Surcharge.

 

It took a while to clear the stumps left over from the sugar cane. But eventually managed to some semblance of order in the vegetable garden.

I haven’t seen much evidence of a Thai community in Chichester  and was expecting to be reminded that I am ten thousand kilometres away.

But I ate myself to a standstill at the Chichester Thai Festival.

Still no dry curry.

But there was papaya salad, logan juice and the coconut desserts you get wrapped in banana leaf. Mu ping, fried banana and crispy pork.

Khanom krok, nam isan, sai krok isan, and the Chiangmai sausage.

Thai dancing and a young male vocalists who switched easily between between Thai and English who sang exceptionally well.

Stalls selling Thai food products including bamboo shoots, durian and sataw. Others displaying clothes and other typically Thai goods.

Traditional Thai massage

And plenty to keep the kids occupied whilst Mum and Dad relax with an ice cold Singha beer.