The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men gang aft agley

But if they haven't done so in this case, I should have returned from France yesterday evening.  It seems quite possible that you have failed completely to notice my absence as I did leave a few posts scheduled for attention by Blogger.  Anyway, I have no time to post pearls of wisdom today and will instead simply leave you with a panoramic picture of the view from my (English) bedroom the day before we left for France.