Not the best of weeks, health-wise. While never being too ill to do things, I had a painful stomach and a very mild headache most of the time, with an occasional slight rise in temperature. Hard to spot the culprit. Dodgy duck egg? Too much seeded bread? Or are the pills I take for stomach problems disagreeing with me? In the event I have switched back to my original pills, and seem to be feeling better…

Got up to the Archant coffee morning last Tuesday and took a load of old Prospects home, which I have since scoured for items of interest and found a couple. Followed this by walking over to the Forum to see an art exhibition in which Lucy was featured. Her pictures were pretty good, but if I had money to spend on pictures, there were a couple of others I would have gone for. We then walked up to Revelation and bought 100 Christmas cards.

The next day I roused myself and went to see Andrew, leaving Norwich at 10am and returning just after 8pm. Miraculously all the trains were on time, but a couple of my walking routes were blocked by road works; so those bits took a bit longer than usual. Andrew was not in the most talkative of moods, but OK after a bit. Spent a long time talking to one of the senior carers about his care plan. He is not allowed out on his own any more because he is a bit unsteady and getting more forgetful.

I spent most of the next couple of days writing the Alternative Carol Service. On Saturday I felt I needed to get out of the house, so went into the city to do a little shopping and bought some more Christmas cards, among other things. Dot was already in the city doing her own shopping.

Yesterday it was a little warmer, though with a few outbreaks of rain and getting windier. Very windy today. I led the church service and afterwards attempted a little handbell ringing, but it was a bit painful on my left wrist. Howard is keen to so some bell-ringing in the church, but surprisingly few members of the congregation can read music. Dot left early to go to the football match with Fred, who had driven over from Banbury. Sadly after leading 1-0 at halftime Norwich disintegrated afterwards and lost 1-2. Not sure what’s wrong with them. Don’t seem to have enough energy. Fred dropped in for tea afterwards.