The asterisk

Oops, I forgot to explain the asterisk in my last post.

'Grockle' is a derogatory West Country word for 'tourist' that has migrated to the New Forest. I use it wherever I seem to be surrounded by tourists who walk slowly and/or take up the entire pavement (sidewalk) to check their maps, be they paper or electronic, instead of moving to the side.

Ellen, who yesterday returned the last centre's worth of A level exam marking to the exam board via Parcelforce. I'd uploaded the marks on-line. 186 exams -- two essays and five short answers each -- marked this year. For three weeks, they became my life. It seems weird to come home from work tonight and not start marking exams.

"Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books."
-- JRR Tolkien