Paddy in London

Paddy arrived yesterday evening in London, took the bus into the city and met Francis, all as arranged. This morning he set off into the city and apparently spent all of his birthday money on DVDs, but he sounded quite pleased with what he had found.
In the meantime, he has safely arrived in Milton Keynes, where he will spend the night with his friend Precious, before they both set off tomorrow for Kemble.
It is a bit hard to really believe he is that competent and capable, especially when I have so many opportunities for "checking up on him" via the computer, thus creating for myself the illusion of having some control, but apparently he is.
Peter asked this morning if we are making ourselves obsolete as parents by allowing the boys so much freedom. I reminded him that that is, in fact, our job.