Strange week so far. Unusually cold weather, partly because of a sharp east wind over the last couple of days. Not so much snow as expected, but plenty in other parts of the country. Haven’t been out much; Dot has been driving my car to various appointments. I took her to get her blood tested on Tuesday, and driving was fairly straightforward, though side roads were slidey with slush.

Today she went to the shops at Longwater and came back with armfuls of presents, though not the table coverings she went for (on order). I was meanwhile meeting Sue Moore and Jo Stone at Pizza Express in the Forum: as one of them came from near King’s Lynn and the other from Sheringham, I was surprised they made it, but we had a good chat about times past and present. On emerging just after 3pm I was so frozen by the biting wind that I didn’t call in at the shops as planned, but hastened home. Even indoors it was hard to warm up.