Grandad thought there’d be time to give the new Comet two coats of paint. At least it meant Jack would be able to help, painting was something he was good at. They’d looked at the route around the bridleway together but the only part of the race Jack was involved in was at the end. He had to be at the bottom of Monument Hill for when Elan and Techno arrived there. They needed him to help Elan push the buggy up to the top. The race ended when all the team members had crossed the finish line. The buggies went down the lane while the other two team members ran down the grassy hillside. Jack knew he and Elan were fast runners and the downhill sprint didn’t worry him in the least. He’d felt a lot better about the race since he’d known he wasn’t going to have to drive the buggy.
Jack looked across to Ewell House. He searched the sky in the hope of seeing Camelin but there wasn’t a bird to be seen. He was about to lie on his bed and look through his Book of Shadows when he saw Elan come through the hedge at the bottom of the garden.
