It’s Wednesday, 7 June and it’s grey again; still a bit chilly, but signs of increasing warmth, at least in the forecast. Some halfhearted bursts of sun today. Colin and his father have been working on the garden, concentrating on the path, which was finished by mid-afternoon – at least as far as the stone placement is concerned. Grouting tomorrow. Till Saturday our front door is inaccessible. Awkward. Dot went to Brooke school in the morning, and in the evening she went to orchestra. We finished watching Malpractice, which was quite well done, but had a woolly ending. I am editing the holiday pictures and choosing some to show friends. Long job.
Back to last Friday – still mainly grey, but sunshine for the street meet in evening. Des, Chris, Dot, me, Mark, Matthew and Jonathan (briefly) – followed by fish and chips. Earlier Dot went to the shops and I walked up to the Rosary. Watched three episodes of Ted Lasso (one to go). Wrote a poem and a half. Much earlier Linda came round and cut our hair.
Saturday was warm and dry. Looked through Julian images that Lucy sent me, then after lunch drove to the Urban Jungle, just the other side of Costessey. Quite interesting: some very expensive plants. Dot took some notes and we had tea and Victoria sponge. When we got home we watched the Cup Final, which we’d been recording. Man City beat Man Utd 2-1 after scoring in the first minute. Fair result, because Utd got a ridiculous penalty (ball hit hand). In evening watched the end of Ted Lasso, which was quite nicely done, and David FTd – he looks well but is spending a lot of time in Cambridge.
Sunday was warm and sunny, despite a bit of wind. Led service at church – Ray has testicular cancer. Howard spoke on Ecclesiastes – got a bit out of hand with audience participation. After lunch went to Strumpshaw Fen – longer walk than intended, but watched a heron for a long time and saw marsh harriers. Cooked duck, then watched a couple of programmes, including Annika, which is growing on me. Spent quite a bit of time tidying up my study, but too tired to finish.
Monday was much cooler but still dry. Colin and James are making progress on the walls. Dot drove me to church: did a bit of Bible study, but the general distracting chaos overtook us. Nevertheless spoke to a number of people, including Steve, Nicky (who is 27 weeks pregnant), Alison, Judy and Graham. Also a couple of new people – a husband and wife and a man with his seven-month-old baby. Afterwards continued with clearing up and ordered a couple of things from Amazon – bath plug and computer adaptor. Very tired in afternoon after walking home from church. Watched rest of Annika episodes , a bit of Gordon Lightfoot in concert and a bit of Local Hero to restore our wa after particularly gruesome repeat episode of Inside No 9. Dot is reading me extracts from David Adam book in bed: very good.
Tuesday was grey again – even a bit of drizzle and a bit chilly too. Colin and James here again, making a lot of noise. Dot and I went to Archant breakfast at Town House. Chatted with Robin and Shelagh. Also there, Steve Snelling, Andy Russell, Frank Gordon, Bill, Jenny, David etc but not Eric and Linda – on a cruise. Brian is pretty ill, but slightly better than he was, according to an e-mail. Good breakfast as usual. Posted sympathy card to Rosemary Town – Alan died the other day.
Adapter arrived from Amazon, so was able to download pictures from Panasonic. Wasted a lot of time trying to cancel BT Sport – will probably have to ring them. Dot walked to Morrisons in the afternoon to buy celery for meal she’s cooking this evening. Des came over with his key: they are going to Portugal for a week. Janet and Graham Smith came for the meal in the evening – pretty relaxed. Have written a song for Dot to play violin in.