Jo it was nice to know, even though Doreen (my MIL) is only ten minutes walk up the road, and rang B and called round whilst we were away, knowing someone so close was keeping an eye out really helped me not to fret. In the end B coped brilliantly, the house was even tidy. D said the first time she called round to let Peps out into the garden during B's college days she was quite prepared to knuckle under and tidy for me, but was impressed to see there was no need!
