There was a very cold wind on Friday, but it was mainly dry. I visited Alan Harrison again to sort out a letter to the editor correcting a couple of mistakes in his article. Too cold for Friday drink. In the evening we watched quite a bit of Masterchef, plus a long documentary on the 2002 Soham murders and a good episode of Not Going Out.
Saturday was still cold, but it was sunny much of the day. Did not go out. Caught up with chess games in En Passant. David FTd to ask if the Coomes could come up while he is here. Later Amy FTd too, quite excited because her father is coming home tonight. Norwich drew 0-0 away to Brighton and played very badly, if radio is anything to go by. Changed all bed sheets, and Dot washed most of them. I adjusted the toilet seat in the shower room again. Watched another Masterchef and a film – Double Indemnity, with Fred McMurray. Very good.
Sunday was till cold but dry. Heating didn’t come on in church; so it was pretty cold there till we turned it on and it warmed up. i led the service, and we had a good number, including Nikki’s brother Luke, who we took home. Leanne is getting very upset by Evelyn, her daughter, who we think is autistic and keeps hitting her. Only Dot and Matt in the worship band, but they did well.
Had a brief chat with John and Tara as we got home : T is having a bad time with long covid. I’m not quite right – still shivering and a bit heady. David arrived back in UK during service – met by Oliver and Amy. Had a FaceTime with them all later at David’s flat. Watched a fair bit of TV – end of Peaky Blinders (pretty good) and third episode of Hidden, a Welsh crime series. Also football and the boat race (discovered iPlayer works best through phone and screen mirroring). Nikki got in touch before church to say how much she liked my poems – Leanne also agreed. Very chuffed.
Yesterday was mild but still windy. Early rain cleared by mid-morning and Dot took me to Plumstead Road when she went to get her pills, and I walked home through Lion Wood and the Rosary. Took papers to Chris. Dot went for a violin lesson at Anna’s in the afternoon. When she came back I dropped some music round to someone on St Matthews Road for Anna. Brief chat with David about books then watched a film, Who was that Lady? – which was very funny.
Today there was a bIt of rain about to start with, but it was dry for most of the day. We went to the Town House for the monthly Archant pensioners’ breakfast – plenty of people there, including the usual suspects. Afterwards we went to Morrisons to stock up on some food for the weekend (among other things). No lunch because of late breakfast ; most of afternoon spent clearing up, Dot in the garage and me in the kitchen, getting ready for David’s stuff.
Spoke briefly to David on FT and agreed to go down there on Thursday to bring some stuff back. Watched last episode of Holding (pretty good) and first episode of the latest series of The Split, which is much like a soap but has some quite good actors. Also the final of University Challenge, which was very close but went to the wrong team (IMHO).