Last Wednesday (March 9) was milder, I believe, though I didn’t go out. I had intended to go with Dot to Hickling and possibly drop in to see Lily, but the cooker repair man was scheduled to come in the morning. In the end he didn’t, and I rang him to find he’d deleted the appointment accidentally. So he came in the afternoon, and fixed the cooker with the help of a bulb that we kept from last time, plus his own new element.
In the morning I had cleared up and done various other things. Dot went to orchestra rehearsal in the evening – picked up by Janet – and I had a lie down before preparing for Bible study tomorrow and practising a few songs for Friday. Watching a serial called Our House, in which I foresaw a key twist, which was quite satisfying. War in Ukraine continues, but Putin not making much progress, other than killing people and knocking down buildings.
Thursday brought quite pleasant weather – reasonably mild till mid-evening. Walked up to church and eventually did a Bible Study with Nikki and Leanne, two really interesting young women (in their early 30s) who have had lots of problems but are very bright, if slightly crazy. In a good way. Leanne lives in The Lathes, in Sophie’s old house. She has four children – the youngest, whose father is in prison, has some problems. Dot came up with the car later on and had quite a long talk with Graham (the vicar). Robert and Alison were also there, as was Debbie.
Later on Dot went to Morrisons and the card shop. I changed my guitar strings and rang the consultant’s secretary and left a message about my operation. In the evening Dot and I walked to Carrow Road to watch Norwich City go two down to Chelsea in about ten minutes, but come back to lose only 3-1. Jonathan and Naomi decided not to come. Watched last two episodes of Our House, which were very clever but a bit sad. Went to bed very late, but completed well over 7000 steps in the day.
On Friday I kept thinking it was Saturday. Fairly pleasant at first, but in the afternoon it started raining and became windy and colder. Dot and I did some music practice at church with Phil: hymns for Sunday and some of my songs. Robert and William turned up and we got a cup of tea! After lunch Dot went shopping, mainly to get a knee brace. In the evening Dot drove us to Mary and Neville Thrower ‘s in LeStrange Close for a lovely meal (fish pie) and good conversation. Home well after 11pm.
On Saturday the weather had improved, though it was still chilly. Drove to Filby Bridge Restaurant to celebrate the golden anniversary of Joyce and Ivan Lincoln and were surprised to find Fred and Sue there: they’d come over from Banbury and were staying at the caravan for a few days afterwards. Sat next to them: food was excellent, though quite a lot of it. Had fish and chips and Eton Mess. Met Joyce’s daughter Alison, who is studying to become a vicar, and we had two other vicars on our table – man and wife. Fred and Dot both said a little in response to Alison’s speech. Restaurant was on bank of Ormesby Little Broad, very beautiful in the sun. Got home about 4.15pm. Tired. Didn’t have much tea! Watched England lose to Ireland at rugby after getting a man sent off in the second minute. Nice. However Spurs lost too, and Liverpool won. Not nice. Watched Queens of Mystery – first episode: quite well done and unusual. Watched Grantchester to give it a chance, but it’s wholly unconvincing.
Sunday was fairly mild and dry. Went to church in the morning: Bridget and Sharon were there, as well as Nikki. HC with Graham – Anna did lectio. Dot made a superb cake for Howard’s 60th. In the afternoon we listened to Norwich losing 2-1 to Leeds after equalising in the 90th minute. Not much hope for them now. Des e-mailed to say his flight would be delayed and he won’t be back till Tuesday. Watched a couple of episodes of Peaky Blinders (quite good), one of Killing Eve (going off badly) and one of This is Going to Hurt (not bad). Norwich on first on MOTD. Aargh! The pain!