End of Monday, 6 Feb – Saw first two episodes of North Sea Connection, a very promising Irish thriller.
Tuesday – Bright sunshine in Norwich, but some fog elsewhere. Cold. Dot had DSSO meeting at Easton; so I walked to Town House for Archant breakfast. Took me 25 minutes, and I was first there. Very nice breakfast, though I forgot the eggs. Sat with Brian and Tricia, next to the window. Very sunny and got too hot; so very tired on walk home. Had a brief sleep on bed. Wrote piece for website. Watched Amazing Spaces and an old film, The Lady Vanishes (Hitchcock). Really good, if you take its age into account. David FTd – he is coming over for funeral – and then Amy: she is also coming to stay!
Wednesday – Similar weather. Went to Morrisons and did another big shop. Wrote to a lady from Coventry who had written about Andrew, then Dot went to Taize at church. I walked up to meet her as it finished, and we went to the framing shop and picked up our pictures. Looked good. Have put some up on wall: really just the walls on the stairs to do (a serious miscalculation), but of course that’s the most difficult. While Dot was at orchestra, I looked at some photographs and found a few of Andrew for the funeral. More to check, though. Earthquake in Turkey/Syria all over the news – over 24,000 dead, apparently. Horrific for just about anybody in the area, who are battered already for other reasons, mainly political.
Thursday — Weather very much the same. Up early so that Dot could travel to Tasburgh, then Saxlingham on DSSO duty. Very tiring day. Sorted out lots of photos of Andrew for the funeral, then helped Dot put up thousands of pictures in various rooms. Still lots to do. Also decluttered notice board in lounge. Later watched Hustlers and today’s episode of Marie Antoinette. Heard from Linda that Eric Osborne had died. Tried and failed to ring her. Likewise Ray Fiske.
Friday – Overcast, but not too cold. Dot went to two schools – Wreningham and Newton Flotman – stopping for lunch at a garden centre called Foundry in the middle. Meanwhile Bridget came to clean and did an extra half hour. I put together a collage of pictures of Andrew, and put right one of our own that had gone wrong. Dot came home and wrote her reports and letters before joining the rest of us outside for a drink (Des, Chris, Mark, Johnathan). Fish and chips afterwards, then watched You Only Live Twice (waste of time) and an episode of Death in Paradise. Posted birthday card to Dave Evetts. Caught up on lots of computer stuff.
Saturday – Dry and not too cold. Dot went into city in the morning, and after that we spent much of the day putting up pictures and clearing up the house. Quite exhausting / for me, anyway. Dot has loads of energy. Other than that watched rugby, with Scotland beating Wales and Ireland beating France. Sadly Norwich and Spurs both lost. Oliver got in touch to say he is coming next weekend; so we’ll have a full house! Happily I’ve had an e-mail from Ralph Manning, who’s co-ordinating the funeral service, to say that the mp3 files I provided are fine.