Thank you dad, Thank you for all the nights you tucked me back into bed after bad dreams. . Thank you for warm balls of buttery mashed potato in the palms of our hands! Thank you for spending a whole weekend helping me make a camping mat - we won an egg cup! Thank you for being on my side. . whatever! Thank you for always being happy to see us when you came home, and for walnut whips on Fridays. . Thank you for working so hard to put me through uni, and for all the dreams you had for me. Thank you for all the Christmases you showered us all with far too many gifts, and thank you for driving the length of the country to bring Christmases to your grandson. Thank you for the yomps across the downs, and walks through the woods, thinking about the trees. Thank you for giving me a camera and teaching me how to use it, and then coming to the beach with me as I took millions of photos of sky. . Thank you for taking me out in your little boat, and teaching me how to sail. . Thank you for all the lovely, beautiful, books. Thank you for knowing me so well, and for loving me anyway! Thank you.