Not a pleasant day today. It’s been pouring with rain for hours. Dot had been intending to go for a walk with Anne, but although she actually drove to Poringland, I suspect the walk was abandoned. I have been in front of my computer most of the time, feeling a little bit better than I have for the past few days. The dentist rang me up earlier (at least his temporary receptionist Lindsey did) to remind me of my appointment tomorrow. I was on the brink of cancelling but really want to get it out of the way. I don’t want to have an hour in the chair hanging over me. Not sure what has been wrong. I’ve certainly had a bit of a temperature and some peculiar pains in the head, plus something wrong with my stomach, but I can’t pin it down.
Meanwhile, Dot says her car has been making odd noises. It may be the same thing I have wrong with me :-). I would have got it sorted it out today, but it’s really too wet.
On Sunday we did go to see Andrew, however. We went to church first, had lunch and started out at about 1.30pm, sharing the driving. We wanted to get petrol at a BP station for reasons too complicated to go into, but we didn’t want to get it too soon. So we eventually stopped at the services near Kettering. As there were no food and drink facilities worth having there, we continued to near Naseby and then turned off, looking for an advertised cafe which proved elusive. After some diversions we ended up at a nice pub in Thornby, where we had a starter only. It was delicious, if a trifle expensive.
We ended up at Warwick about an hour early (visiting was 6-8pm); so we parked in the cemetery and went for a walk by the canal, then attempted to gain entry to the hospital. But we were rebuffed and had to do a further walk before returning at 6pm. Andrew was quite good, and were able to give him his birthday presents. We were also given tea and coffee, which was unexpected. After a while we went and sat in the garden.
On the way back we stopped at Cambridge Services for a bit to eat and drink. The eatery we selected closed at 9pm, so we only just made it. We were home around 11pm.
On Monday, after Dot had spent a long time doing work in the garden and I had been catching up with e-mails and a few other things, we drove to Blakeney to check up on a few things in preparation for our holiday with the Canadians. I am trying to put a quiz together, but I wasn’t feeling great, and it started raining; so I gave up. Dot, however, made some interesting finds, including a delicatessen and a place that sold crabs. We also went to Bakers and Larners in Holt to get food for the next day…
…when the Eagles landed. Or to put it another way, Sue and Roger came for lunch. Dot did a rather nice meal, but before that we sat in the garden for drinks, and afterwards we had a very long talk upstairs, with coffee, etc etc. They didn’t leave till early evening, which was fine, because they’re so easy to talk to and we get on very well.
Meanwhile, the Redgraves have been in touch. They are coming up to Norfolk at the end of August, staying at Lyng – or as they call it, Ling – and we aim to meet up with them. It’s a very long time since we last met.