Well, my oldest is off to university in Liverpool on the 6th September, middle one is off to college in Leamington Spa the same week, but will still be living at home, and the youngest is back to high school on Tuesday. (5 days and counting.....)

The Summer holidays always seem far too long, even my youngest gets bored within the first week. But this next week is going to be the first major change in our family life. So, watch this space.

Who thinks that they (whoever they are) should shorten the summer holiday, and make the Christmas holidays a week longer?

I would be really interested to learn of other parents experiences of sending their offspring off to university for the first time?