Hard to believe, but my mouth is still very uncomfortable, despite another visit to the dentist yesterday. He gave me a clean and scrape and said he thought it was all just part of the healing process, which was not really all that reassuring. Still, it could be worse.
Other than that, very much a Coomes week. Last Thursday we drove down to see Kristine and David, and had apricot and treacle tarts. Good journey down with Dot driving, but on the way back we left during rush hour and then ran into a hold-up on the M11 – probably a result of cars breaking down. This slowed us considerably, but it eased after the M25, and the latter part of the journey wan’t too bad. We stopped for petrol at Morrison’s in Norwich.
The next day Jennie (Coomes wife number one) came up for the weekend and seemed much better since her kidney transplant. After lunch we walked along the river path and up to the Cathedral, where we looked at the Hostry exhibition and then walked through the Cathedral before making our way home. Later we had a meal at Prezzo’s, which was good.
It was a beautiful spring weekend; so on Saturday we drove up to North Norfolk, stopping off at Holt to take back a jumper that had developed holes in it. After that we drove down to Salthouse and then Cley, where we had a sandwich and a cup of tea, plus a short walk to the group of three hides. Saw a marsh harrier, some shovelers, lapwings and snipe, plus one or two other birds.
Drove on to Blakeney, where we had scones and tea at the Blakeney Hotel’s upstairs lounge. Then on to Morston, for a drive round the new parking facilities, and Stiffkey marshes, where we stopped for a while. It was close to high tide, but no sign of incoming water. Pretty much idyllic conditions.
Drove back overland through Langham, Bale, Gunthorpe and Melton Constable, then across country to Spixworth for the easiest entry into Norwich, which worked well.
On Palm Sunday we all went to church, taking both cars so that Dot could give Howard and Anna a lift to the station afterwards. Another lovely day. Howard spoke on Leviticus (part of a series of his), which was surprisingly interesting. After lunch we showed Jennie some pictures of the Outer Hebrides, and then she went home.
Yesterday (after the dentist and lunch) I dropped off Dot at the Greens’ for a rehearsal of their Good Friday music. .
Today David, Oliver and Amy arrived for a few days. So far we have had lunch and played table tennis, as well as watching some football. Amy has done some homework. I have also spoken on the phone to David Coomes’ second wife, Anne. Hat-trick.