Another bright and crisp day; the window cleaner is feeling the cold, and so is Dot, who has just been to the UEA medical school, who are checking her for pre-diabetic symptoms (none, really). Apparently they are very nice. The staff, not the symptoms.

We had a lovely evening with Howard and Anna on Sunday, during which we discussed the  church situation, which is having a stressful effect on Howard as churchwarden. Sadly Anna is away in Tenerife from today with her daughter; so I am keeping an eye on Howard.

I have obtained a new Airport Express and set it up with David’s help. So everything is running smoothly in the wi-fi area. Meanwhile Dot dropped her iPhone in the loo. We buried it in rice overnight, and it seems to be recovering.

On Tuesday we dropped in to see how Paul is doing following his hip operation: the answer is very well. Since our visit he has had the staples and dressing removed; so as long as he doesn’t trip over the dog or Maryta, he should be OK. Dot left me with Paul while she went to Park Farm and then returned to pick name up. Maryta was horse-riding, but returned shortly before we left.

Yesterday we were stirred into activity following messages from our bank about our ISAs, but when we called in they weren’t able to be very helpful, largely because it was pretty obvious that they knew we could get a better deal elsewhere, but obviously couldn’t tell us where, or deny it. So back to square one.

I now have to sort out the ISA situation, ring the holiday company about our Swiss rail plans in September and try to find somewhere in Norfolk to stay in August with David and the children. David had a dream that Adrian was coming to Norfolk when we were planning to go to Wales, and as it turns out that he is, we have had to rethink.