The sound of children playing woke Patrick and he lay a while just to listen. He didn't mind this sound as an alarm clock at all.

"Dad, if you want tea, it's made," Justine said from the other side of the tent wall.

"How did you know I was awake?"

"You stopped snoring," she said, though her tone added a "duh" on the end.

He crawled out into the main tent then went outside to get a cup of tea from Justine.

"Is it my imagination or are there way ...