Feeling decidedly chilly today, but that’s because we have no heating. The British Gas man is busy replacing our boiler and is hard at work in the garage. He seems quite happy. A case of wine from Naked Wines also arrived this morning, by way of compensation for the inconvenience. Or was it a coincidence? Yes, it was.
Back last Friday we had a long chat with David on FaceTime about his work, which sounds as if it has reached an exciting stage. After that we watched Ted Lasso and the end of The North Water, which could have been worse, I suppose. I love the frozen north, but it doesn’t seem to make for very good drama.
Saturday was warm when the sun was out, otherwise average. Caught up with e-mails while Dot prepared prayers. After lunch we got the garage ready to receive the new boiler on Monday – which consisted mainly of putting away the table tennis table. Then drove to Morrisons to do shopping: Dot walked back. I edited my pictures, which took quite a while, and Dot made another great apple and blackberry crumble. Watched England beat Andorra 5-0 – or most of it, because it was a bit tedious. Then a programme on Princess Michael of Kent. They were trying to make her look bad, but I quite liked her. Also watched an episode of Lupin before catching up on some football highlights, including Scotland’s 3-2 win over Israel.
Sunday started damp with very light drizzle in the air, but later it got out and was fairly warm and dry. Went to church as usual: Carrie leading with Graham preaching on the evils of being rich. Not quite how I’d have put it, but in the right area. Anna is doing well, and so is Phil – rang him later. Also Andrew rang, and we had a brief chat. He seemed OK.
Dot and I went for a walk up to the Cathedral and the top lawn. Later watched the Turkish Grand Prix, won by Bottas. Also the first episode of Ridley Road and the first episode of Paris Police 1900, both of which featured anti-semitism. Watched an episode of Friends to cheer ourselves up, and had a brief chat with Amy. She and Vicky hope to come up in the first week of half-term.
Yesterday was quite cool, but dry. Wrote a website piece in the morning after getting up early to receive our new boiler, which actually arrived about 10.15am. Then Linda came to do our hair at noon. Afterwards I took Des back his keys and then posted a birthday card to Birgit. Dot went up to the chemist’s to get pills and then to the garden centre to buy a small greenhouse thing, which we put together after I’d had a bath. At some point Jonathan dropped in spare tickets for Saturday. Watched second episodes of Ridley Road and the French police thing – both pretty well done. Dot had a long phone call with Carrie about the state of the Church of England, which is looking at branding and management courses. Oh dear. Watched a couple of episodes of Lupin to put things in perspective.