Gradual change in the weather this week. Saturday was sunny and warm. Dot did loads of washing while I caught up with various post-holiday things. After lunch she went to the match: Norwich beat Coventry 3-0. I went to meet her and we popped into Morrisons for baking apples and lentil crisps. Had salmon for tea. Watched football and State of Happiness. Had a longish FaceTime with David.
Sunday was warm again. Woke unexpectedly late but had bath before church, which I led. Liz Cannon preached – good. She asked for comments – bad. Carrie was off to Scarborough to stand by her granddaughter at trial of man accused of stalking her. This was eventually adjourned for a month to give her more time to prepare – an outcome described as “good”, though I’m not sure why. Debbie gave a sermon instead of praying. Gave Ray and Chris a lift home (Chris not looking too well). Practised for evening session at Lowestoft, where I did “Passing through” and “Feel like I’m Falling Apart”, with Dot on her new violin. Also read three poems. Slightly smaller group than usual.
Monday was mild but humid: threatening rain but never quite arrived. Busy day. Woke late after bad night – bit of a rush to get to church. No Nikki and Leanne. Afterwards drove straight to Taverham for light lunch with Derek and Janet. Very nice. Then home – very tired because of wine (Dot had been driving) – and cut back some ivy. Put out bins. Then walked up to Eleanor’s for Cake and Compline. No Vicky or Claire, but good evening. Judy gave us a lift home and we watched first stage of the Tour of Britain, which ended at Glenshee. Liz Truss new Prime Minister – hopeful.
Tuesday was still warm, but some rain overnight and then in evening. I went to the Archant breakfast without Dot, who had a long list of things to do. Spoke to Brian and Tricia, Richard and Bill mainly. Then met Dot at Morrisons, and we visited a couple of shops. Frustrating afternoon: tried to create travel wallet, but final step wouldn’t work (discovered on Thursday that it didn’t work for joint accounts, a fact they might have mentioned); spent ages trying to sort out phone for Canada; then arranged Canada ETA. Annoyingly our return flight has appeared in the wrong place on our diary, though the confirmation receipt is correct. Not sure what to do about it. Had password problem on hotel/parking site. DCC in evening: thinking of giving it up and leaving it to Dot. Watched a couple more episodes of State of Happiness. Ho ho.
Wednesday was marginally cooler, but still pleasant. Showers, some heavy, but none lasting long. Had a bad night and was very tired in the morning. Have edited and captioned 125 photos taken at Blakeney. Posted cards while Dot went into city to buy clothes – several of them for me. She was out for several hours, and I caught up with e-mails and associated jobs, such as changing dentist date and booking at the Theatre Royal for next February. Also cleared up the kitchen and bedroom. In the evening Dot went to orchestra and I went to the Cathedral to hear a talk on science and faith. Bridget was supposed to have been coming, but she cried off at the last minute. Talk was excellent, but they then went into small group mode, and I left. Discovered later that the lecture was almost exactly a chapter from a book I read about 15 years ago, including photos and map. A good book, but still…
Today Dot is doing more preparation (washing and ironing), and I’ve arranged to see Thelma tomorrow. Feel I’m a bit more abreast of what’s going on, whatever that is.