Last Thursday (Sep 19) was dry and mainly sunny. Didn’t sleep too well. Wrote most of sermon, based on an old one from 2006. Julia and Allan came round for lunch. Dot did salmon and pavlova (not together), plus a pear starter. Had a good talk and showed them some photos on screen. Later Anne came round, and she and Dot walked up to a Jarrolds open evening. She bought a jumper, some underwear and a ring, and two Barbour jumpers for me. She also had a Caesar salad. 

Friday – Mainly sunny and warm. Spent all day writing four pieces for Parish Pump – on Clive of India, Far from the Madding Crowd, Gabriel Fauré and the Vatican II decision to abandon Latin for the Mass. Then went out for street meet with Des and Chris, Matt and Angela and Jonathan. Bob’s older brother has just died, quite suddenly, at 76. Mark has 11 days to go in Norway. Watched last two episodes of Sherwood, which had its points but had some pretty unpleasant people in it. 

Saturday was extremely warm and sunny. Did rota and dealt with e-mails. Walked to Carrow Road with Dot and back along the river. Norwich beat Watford 4-1, and I met Dot coming back, running into Clive as I did so. Denise has a slight problem, but nothing serious. Find Friends not working properly (temporarily), but earlier saw Oliver and Amy get to Southampton. She is now a university student! Dot did ironing while I got washing in and cleared up kitchen. Phil rang to say his printer wasn’t working and could I print off his liturgy sheet for tomorrow. I did. Leanne’s daughter (18) has an ectopic pregnancy and ins in a great deal of stress, as is Leanne, of course. In the evening had only a light supper. Watched City highlights on YouTube, then an interview with Lauren Bacall (didn’t like interviewer). Finally latest episode of Slow Horses and today’s ODI cricket – another loss to Australia. 

Sunday – Showers, but mainly dry. Still quite warm. We drove to church in the morning, and I preached and played guitar. Think it all went quite well. Nikki was there, and Leanne popped in at the end. Sophie back after having shingles badly. Drove Ray home by very difficult route: Angel Road completely closed after half a mile, and Denmark Road also closed. Council hopeless. Edited nearly 100 pictures in the afternoon after watching football, then went out for walk with Dot up to Bishop Bridge and back via Recorder Road. Cooked lamb shoulder and then watched Grace. Not bad. David FaceTimed: not much news from Amy apparently. David is planning to meet Oliver in Los Angeles. 

Monday – overcast but mainly dry. A bit cooler, but still ok. I’ve nearly caught up with editing my photos. Nikki came round for a couple of hours and had a long talk about herself and about Leanne and her daughter. Can’t go into detail here, but we feel very close to them both and would like to help them wherever we can. Later Ellie texted and also said something nice about us; so we’re feeling quite encouraged at the moment. In the afternoon we went to Morrisons and stocked up – probably the most we’ve ever paid for a food shop! About £179. Of course that included stuff like dishwasher tablets and water filters. Dot cooked very nice salmon tart but I couldn’t eat it all. Felt very tired. Watched interesting programme on Zelensky. First of three. Des and Chris have left for Sicily.