It's the Queen's 80th birthday today and inevitably Jan and I got round to discussing the monarchy. Jan, an avowed republican, opposes rule through an accident of birth. It's very difficult, if not impossible, to argue with that opinion, but generally I'm in favour of the monarchy because I think the Queen does a good job. She's been doing the job for over 50 years and is probably set to continue for another 20. That's pretty impressive. The alternative would be some kind of presidency and thinking about it, I can't think of too many presidents, past or present, anywhere in the world, that have impressed me too much. Charles may change all that but that remains to be seen.
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Cats disturbed Max again last night and, after he had burrowed his way out of the garden, we had to disappear into the night to find him. Find him we did, but he was so excited that he wouldn't obey commands (not that he does anyway) and so it was a question of leaving gates and doors open so that he could get back home (I suppose expecting him to retrace his steps would be asking too much). Anyway, we spent a large part of this morning trying to figure out how he'd managed to get out and then plugging even more holes. In the normal course of events Max is a home loving dog, but let a cat anywhere near him and he goes potty.
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