I did take some notes this week, but my big achievement was to complete the labelling and editing of the Holy Land pictures (and some taken since that). This was a huge job, and I am not good at huge jobs. Lots of little ones are much better. Still, I felt great on Wednesday, when I completed it.

It’s been sunny all week, and gradually getting warmer. There was a cold wind on Sunday, when Dot and I walked by the river for a bit in the afternoon. In the morning the Zoom service from St Luke’s went pretty well. The next day it was a little warmer, and Dot cleaned the lounge while I was working on the pictures. Afterwards we walked up to the Rosary, and in the evening we watched the end of Sunderland ‘Til I Die – a shorter season, after which I suspect they may have given up. Interesting, though.

There was still a chill in the air on Tuesday. Dot and I drove to Mousehold and went for a walk, discovering the new cycle/foot path from Britannia Road down towards the Julian Bridge. I responded to an e-mail from Denise in the Orkneys and then we had a Zoom cake and compline. Dot baked a very nice sponge, and David Archer offered to take over the organising of the Zoom element, as he is a tech expert. As a result it went badly wrong, because he sent out the wrong invitation. Heroically I saved the day by finding the right link, which had appeared on my iCal. After that it went quite well, though I am going to have to make changes to the next Compline, because saying things together just doesn’t work.

On Wednesday I did some editing on the Gresham page on thisispaston.co.uk before we both walked up to the Rosary again. This time we met a guy who was doing some work there – a real cheerful Norfolk guy despite a terrible experience with his son, who was infected with meningitis at birth and has to be cared for all the time – probably because of a hospital error. It was good to talk to him (at a safe distance).

Later on we watched the end of Season 2 of The Expanse, and I tidied up my filling cabinet, re-doing about half a dozen files and making sure none of them were falling apart or unlabelled. (Some were to start with.)

Yesterday was very warm. I did some more on Gresham and then helped Dot with tidying up the garage. We put away the table tennis table and got most of the loose stuff into piles ready to go (to the tip, charity shops, or returned to Hello Fresh), though of course we can’t actually get rid of anything yet. Can you imagine the queues at the tips when they reopen?

Later we walked up into the Cathedral Close for a change: it was teatime but there were surprisingly few people about. I’ve noticed more cars on the roads, though. I made a fruit salad and wrote a bit of Parish Pump stuff, which I finished this morning. We watched an old film, The Spy who Came in from the Cold, which was surprisingly lacking in emotional impact, though good in other ways. David FaceTimed us, as he does frequently, which is great.

This morning – sunny again – Des delivered our groceries. I had got up early, but he delayed, thinking we might still be in bed! All was well, though: both Dot and I were available and dressed when he arrived. Apparently far fewer people at Morrisons today. Dot is now in the garage again, and we are planning to go up to the Rosary again later. Oh, we have placed an order with the Cley Smokehouse. It should arrive on Tuesday.