The weather has been very pleasant for the last week or so: dry and fairly warm since last Thursday, when Dot spent most of the day in the Cathedral at a DSSO meeting which included a trip to the first-floor gallery. I read quite a bit and wrote a piece for my website. Walked up to meet Dot at about 4pm. We watched a lot of TV after that, including cricket and football, and the first episode of a thriller, Playback, that seems extremely promising. Lot of head pressure later in the day, which is uncomfortable.

On Friday we meant to go to Swaffham for lunch, but Allan had a TIA (there’s a lot of it about) and needed to rest. Chose hymns with Dot. Went to shops: sale at Clark’s, which is closing; so bought a pair of shoes each. Also bought food from Morrisons. Felt quite well. Street meet with usual suspects: D’Souzas, John and his eldest daughter, Jonathan, Matt and Ciara. Des got us fish and chips. Phoebe has a French exchange student – seems nice girl: smiled and waved well, anyway. Phoebe looked happy.

Saturday was still dry and reasonably warm, but cloudy. Amy travelled to Canada successfully. Meanwhile Hamas invaded Israel from Gaza, killing loads of people: Iran possibly behind it, or involved in some way. Very worrying. Walked to Kim’s for lunch – had a great time. Lovely food – brought some home and had it for tea. Norwich lost 2-1 at Coventry, but Spurs won. Ireland beat Scotland convincingly in World Cup rugby, and unfortunately England managed to beat Samoa by one point.

The pleasant weather continued on Sunday. To church in the morning: played in the band, which was very large: Matt, Anna, Steve F, Phil, Adrian, Dot and me. Followed by church lunch (jacket potatoes) to say farewell to Jim and Sue, our Stop Oil enthusiasts, who are moving to Halesworth. Rest of day indoors; finished watching Black Snow, the impressive Australian thriller, and also saw some football, cricket and so on.

Yesterday was what I would call ideal weather: just the right temperature, with a mixture of blue sky and high cloud. I posted a card to Birgit in the morning, and in the afternoon Dot drove to Newton Flotman for a DSSO session. After a rest when she got home we both walked up to the Rosary, which is much the same, I’m glad to say. Des borrowed our sack carrier to move some bags of compost. Quite tired in the evening. Watched some football. Bed early. Started taking blood pressure again. Pretty low.