Thursday 5th September. Nanny's funeral.

Today was Nanny's funeral.  In the morning Mummy, Daddy and Uncle Simon took their cars to the golf club and Uncle Nick drove everybody back to Grandad's cos they was going to the funeral in the big funeral cars but they needed to get home afterwards.

Then they had showers and everybody dressed in their smart clothes.  Not black though, Nanny loves bright colours and patterns.  Katie wore a blue flowery dress and Mummy wore a black and cream spotty dress.  Daddy wore his wedding suit.  Mummy wished she could still fit in her wedding dress.  The boy minihumans wore smart shirts and ties.  Then Aunty Jackie, Uncle Sid, Georgie and Andrew came and they all went outside to wait for Nanny.

Mummy, Daddy and Grandad were waiting at the end of the drive trying to be brave but when they seen the hearse come round the corner with Nanny in it they all held hands and cried.  Grandad did go in the car behind Nanny with Aunty Jacke, Uncle Sid, Uncle Simon, Georgie and Andrew.  My humans and Aunty Sue come behind and Uncle Nick and his family at the back.

Then they drove to Southport Crematorium.  Them drove very very slowly until there was the biggest traffic jam in the world behind them.  Mummy said when she dies she doesn't want a big religious funeral but she would like a really slow procession to the crematorium cos she wants to be a nuisance right up to the end.  Aunty Sue said in Uganda, where her and Uncle Simon live, when there is a funeral or a wedding they have processions all through the town and trucks and buses and everybody joins in.

When them got to the crematorium there was about a hundred people waiting.  As my humans got out of the car Grandma and Grandad come out of the crowd and everybody hugged and kissed and it was all very sad.

The funeral was very sad too.  Uncle Nick said nice things about Nanny and Aunty Sue and Georgie did bible readings and they all sang a hymm.  Nanny wasn't a very religious lady but the hymm was the one from her and Grandad's wedding so her would have liked that.  Afterwards the curtains didn't close cos Grandad said he didn't want that.  Then they went to the golf club in the funeral cars.  Katie was too upset though and her wanted a cuddle off her Grandma so she went in Grandma and Grandad's car.

While they was in the car the solicitor phoned to ask if we could move on Monday 16th so Mummy checked they could get the day off work and checked the removal people could do it and they could so they booked it for the 16th.

At the golf club there was a hot and cold buffet lunch.  Mummy said I would have liked it cos there was bacon tarts and chikkin.  Then all the family went back to Grandad's house.  Them was sad that Nanny wasn't there cos she loved having all her family around her.  After dinner Grandma and Grandad went home and then Mummy and the minihumans had to drive all the way home too.  Them really didn't want to leave Daddy and Grandad but everybody was off work the next day so she had to be in.  She was very cross about this.

There was lots of traffic on the motorway and when them got to Ross On Wye the road was closed but there was no diversion marked so Mummy had to guess the route home.  You is not going to believe this but they made it home, in the pitch black and half asleep with no satnav or road map in ONE GO.  Honest, they did.  Mummy kept driving what felt South and she made it.   When they got home after midnight they was so tired they dumped all the bags in the hall and fell into bed.