I have just had a one line e-mail which said that POLLY IS ALIVE.
It didn't say where/how/when or any details about the family at all. Just what I've told you - but that's all we were longing to hear isn't it.
It was just one line, from a man I've never heard of, and a name I didn't recognise as a family name, but it did say that she had asked him to let me know. So, I'm hoping to heaven that it isn't a hoax.
So, our Polly and Kate have survived. Thank God for that.