Saturday was mild, with a few light showers. Drove to Felbrigg Hall and went for a walk round the lake, followed by lunch in the cafe – very good. Earlier Dot got an early Mother’s Day present from David – some special martini+coffee drink and some chocolates. She FTd him in the evening to thank him. Both my websites are now working properly. Dot started listening to football commentary on the way back, and continued when we got home: disappointing 0-0 draw. Some great saves by Gunn, apparently. I watched a bit of the rugby – Ireland beat England and won the Grand Slam. Good team. Also watched Harry Wild and some other stuff. Went to sleep while watching David Attenborough.
Sunday – fairly mild until Dot turned the heating down. Dry. Church in the morning. I preached on Jesus being the light of the world, and the music group was me, Dot and Matt. Carrie led. In the afternoon I pruned half the roses and Dot continued with her weeding etc. Sam arrived with Lucy and Elliott around 5.45pm, and I played “chess” with Elliott while others chatted. After a meal of salmon, Sam went to his room to prepare, and we watched Grace, followed by Songs of Praise. Earlier chatted with Des about looking after stuff during his holiday.
Monday – mainly dry, with inconvenient light showers. Quite a busy day. Got up in time to see Sam off for his second round of interviews. Anna came round about 12.20 for a chat, but I left at 1.15 to hear Sian, Graham’s mother, talk about herbalist stuff disguised as a medieval woman. Very informative and funny. Gave a lift home to Ruth and Ray and got snarled up on school traffic. Home to meet Sam – it seemed to have gone well. Lucy and Elliott arrived to take him home. I played “chess” with Elliott while Lucy had a coffee. They were planning to call in on Phil and Joy on the way home, though I think Sam would rather have gone straight home. In the evening went to St Luke’s for the annual parish meeting. I walked some of the way until it started to rain. Dot picked me up and we had quite a pleasant evening, including a meal. Gave Ray a lift home.
Tuesday – showery, bit of wind, but reasonably mild. Went to chemist’s in response to text and they gave me an extra nose-spray. Then to Chatham Street to check on coin collection, which I don’t remember seeing before. David FTd in afternoon and showed me how to put an image on the blog page and reinstate a drop cap. Dot’s visit to Cringleford was cancelled but she is down for an Ofsted feedback at Old Catton tomorrow. Watched first two episodes of Gold, which were really good.
Wednesday – Fairly mild, but with a brisk wind and a few drops of rain. Went to Morrisons in the morning. In the afternoon Dot went to Old Catton School for an Ofsted feedback – in the midst of bad publicity for Ofsted. But both the school and the inspector tors were good. Dot knew the head (of six schools), Ashley. I cut the rest of the roses back while Dot practised violin. I also made a start on the Parish Pump stuff. Dot went to orchestra in the evening – all went well.