Monday was quite warm in the sun, but chilly out of it. Anne came round and went into the city with Dot. Meanwhile, I walked along the riverside path to the Jarrolds bridge and back along the other bank, staying on the rarely open lower level along the quay. Practised guitar for a bit, and when Dot arrived home she waited on the step for ten minutes because she thought I was out – I didn’t hear the doorbell, and she misinterpreted the Find a Friend info, thinking I was walking along Riverside. Edited a lot of Paston pages.
Dot had PCC Zoom in the evening, and I rewatched some of Fargo – a truly wonderful film. Then we watched Fawlty Towers, followed by Deutschland 89. Earlier saw Line of Duty, and both the latter coincidentally ended with a double gunshot, leaving us not knowing the outcome. Very exciting.
Tuesday was again quite warm, with a mixture of sun and cloud. Did some more Paston pages, then edited my pictures (I do this regularly). After lunch we drove to Morrisons to buy some chocolates for Philip Robinson, plus a couple of other things. Then we progressed to the Rosary, where I cleaned up my grandparents’ grave pretty thoroughly. I have ordered a flower-holder from Amazon.
From there we drove to Cary’s Meadow for a short walk. We arrived home at the same time as Des and Chris, who had been out for lunch at village near Dereham; so we had chat with them – and were joined by Mark, then Bob and Mary briefly. Cooked salmon, then watched Norwich lose second home match in succession, 1-0 to Watford. Phil Coomes left a message with funeral details. Watched a bit of Robin and Marion, which wasn’t very good (we may not watch the rest), then all of The Mauritanian, which was brilliantly done but quite harrowing when it showed what happened at Guantanamo Bay. Did not reflect well on top people in USA, including Obama.
Wednesday was mainly sunny, but with quite a chilly wind. I put together three Parish Pump pieces, on Sax (who invented the saxophone), Jesse Boot and Prince Philip. After lunch we drove to Poringland and spoke to Anne and Philip (delivering his birthday present of chocs) before going for a walk along lanes to Howe, then back via my aunt’s former house at the end of Leafyoak Lane. I was told that this would be two miles, but it turned out to be well over three. Felt pretty tired.
Zoom Compline (Dot made chocolate cake!) with a full complement, then watched some of Animals, an Irish comedy, followed by a bit of MOTD, Spurs beating Southampton 2-1 in the last minute. Our blackbirds have returned – or at least two random and quite friendly blackbirds. Hard to tell whether they’re the same ones.
Today I finished the Pump pieces with one on Curt Jung, and did some fine tuning on the Paston Gresham Castle page. Did a bit more sorting of poems, then found some old songs, which I practised. Quite pleased with some of them. After lunch Bridget arrived to do some cleaning for the first time. Dot had the arrival time down wrong; so she was nearly two hours later than expected. Had tea in the garden first. While she was working, Dot took the old coffees up to the shop for recycling and bought some milk which had been unavailable in Morrisons when Des visited.
Later we went on a virtual tour in the Scottish Highlands, “climbing” the final 200 metres of the Pap of Glencoe, guided by Craig, who was excellent. Almost felt as if we were there! Weather conditions were superb. We then watched the end of Animals, a very strange film about two young women “finding themselves” – or at least, one of them did. Afterwards the first half of The Far Country, a western set in Alaska and starring James Stewart. We were both so tired, for some reason, that we went to bed at 10.30pm. I felt quite odd, but seem to be OK now.