It’s just after 10am, and I’ve already walked over 3000 steps. Phil Kerrison rang about 9 and asked if he could borrow my key to get into the hall, because he thought he’d left his phone there. So I leapt out of bed and was dressed by the time he arrived! We drove to the hall, and happily my keys worked. Even more happily, his phone was where he had left it. I walked back through the Close: it obviously wasn’t that early, but it was surprisingly peaceful.

Last Wednesday was quite warm. Dot went to Poringland in the morning and took Anne to the doctor. She was feeling dizzy, like Dot. Philip was also not too good. Meanwhile I wrote my blog and sent off our charity money. At lunch we watched Baptiste – a thriller not at all chronological, so hard to follow. It was a if they had filmed it normally, then thrown all the scenes into the air and broadcast them in the order they came down. Afterwards I posted the cheques and walked up to the Rosary. It rained just after I got home, and there was a thunderstorm as I was cooking supper. Later we sorted out our satnav volume problem on a test drive and watched another  Mayans MC – getting very violent indeed. David FaceTImed, and we spoke for about an hour. 

Thursday was warmish again, but windy: we had a wine delivery, and I chose the hymns for Sunday. After lunch Dot and I walked to Morrisons via the sorting office and the rail bridge to buy odds and ends. Bridget came and did the cleaning. Dot and I watched a very good webinar on John Crome. After supper Bridget returned because she’d taken Dot’s sunglasses by mistake. Watched Olympic highlights and then Pretty Woman – a great film. Another longish FT with David and Chrissy – it was their first wedding anniversary, and we sent them an e-card.

Heavy showers and cooler on Friday. We had our hair cut in the morning, and in the afternoon I drove to Phil and Joy’s to take some pictures to show to Andrew, and then to North Tuddenham, where I spent some time looking for the O’dells’ house  to drop off books for their fete. However, the place was shut up and it was raining hard; I couldn’t find anywhere to leave them, so brought them home again. Annoying. No drinks in the street, partly because of th weather, partly because Des and Chris were out for meal at the Wig and Pen.  Watched final two episodes of Time, an excellent three-parter about life in jail – brilliantly done and quite frightening. Watched more Olympics, of course.

Saturday was mainly overcast, but reasonably warm. Had a bad night, but slept late. After lunch, we walked up to the Old Library Wood for a community event, featuring an excellent girl guitarist and an interesting duo. Bought green tea and chatted to Des and Chris, plus Mark, whose girlfriend is moving in today. Practised hymns and songs for tomorrow, then watched some Olympics, then after supper Endeavour.

Yesterday was dull and a bit chillier, but dry. Church in the morning – Phil came, and the old team were playing together again. Sang song at beginning and end and prayed for Anna, as well as for Phil and Martin, anointing with oil. Dot anointed me!  Long chats afterwards. In the afternoon Dot and I walked on Mousehold. Before supper we had a Zoom with St Augustine’s Way members (Howard, Anna, Liz, David, Matt, Debbie and us) and listened to a talk on Origen. Went very well. Sent some stuff to Andrew for his birthday. watched more Olympics, plus the Budapest grand prix, which featured an impressive pile-up and another rescue act from Hamilton. It was won by Ocon, which was nice.