Late on Sunday (Sep 29) it was still pretty cold. Watched the end of Nightsleeper, which was very good, then Spurs beating Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford. Also very good. FaceTime with David – sadly he couldn’t get visa to meet Oliver in Las Vegas, where he arrived today.
Monday was quite wet, and windy later. Bad night for some reason. Drove to Helen and Chris Banks’ house for sugar charity meeting. Sue and Roger also there of course. In a weak moment I offered to write a letter to the EDP about it the charity’s work, which I did and sent it to Helen later. Very pleasant couple of hours. Chris and Sue both having mobility problems after hospital operations but both cheerful and optimistic.
Later wrote piece for website on positivity re speed limits! Cooked meal and then we watched first two episodes of new crime series, which is a big grim. Then after clearing up and putting bins out we watched a nice documentary on the Yorkshire coast, with special reference to Whitby, Bempton cliffs, Bridlington and Scarborough.
Tuesday was very wet. Rang Jenny Downing to see if she wanted a lift to Archant coffee morning, but she decided against it. I had my usual breakfast, but Dot and Tricia had a bacon roll. Robin and Shelagh on way to Dartmoor, I think. Present: Bill, Batso, Eric, Linda, Ann, and about three others. Plus Andy Russell, who we spoke to quite a bit near the end. Afterwards drove to Morrisons and bought a few things we needed.
Rather tired during afternoon – slept for about half an hour. Dot cooked bream and we watched an episode of The Chosen. In the evening we went to watch Norwich City draw 1-1 with Leeds. Both sides very good. Jonathan was there: both Lucy and Naomi quite ill. Man sitting next to me annoying – couldn’t stop commentating. A living cliché. Oliver has flown from Las Vegas to San Francisco. Expected Mark home today, but he didn’t arrive. Garden waste not collected.
Wednesday – Showers never quite dying out. Mark home. Council made usual false claim that bin wasn’t out. Jude came round to watch The Chosen, and we went to church for Bible Study as usual: Dot, Jude, Stephen and Debbie. Went pretty well, and Dot stayed for Taizé: she chose the songs.
Later she went to orchestra rehearsal as usual with Janet. I cleared up and lay down for a bit, then got my steps up to over 5000. Played through latest En Passant games. In wider news, Israel has launched big attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Iran has fired missiles at Israel. Government evacuating UK citizens from Beirut. When Dot got home watched most recent episode of Slow Horses, then checked whereabouts of Oliver on Google Earth: he was on Mason Street, San Francisco. Long way away.
Thursday – Sunshine! Dot rang her allocated schools to persuade them to take part in the sugar collection for charity. I checked out the Cake and Compline trail (at home). In the afternoon I drove Dot to Anna’s for her violin lesson, then returned while Bridget cleaned the house. Des returned from his holiday and got fish and chips for us, and after we’d eaten that Dot drove us to St Luke’s for a discussion about Christmas services. Not all that inspiring as far as I was concerned – mainly technical things like how, where and what. Graham wants us to get involved in a thing called Being With, stemming from St Martin in the Fields.
Friday – Oliver leaves San Francisco today for Boston – told Nana he enjoyed SF. I took Dot to do some gardening at Carrow House to help June at church: Dot is not sure on whose behalf. However, she was very happy with her weeding. I left the car at Carrow House and walked the. length of King Street to meet Kim at the Cathedral, where we trialled tomorrow’s C&C trail. We had a cup of tea at the Refectory after doing the first bit, and after a while Kim got the hang of it (the trail, not the tea), and it didn’t take as long as I thought it might. I was pretty tired at the end, though.
We watched the first episode of Life on Mars from 2006 (it’s being repeated, and is surprisingly good), and Des came round to say he was going to see his grandson and wouldn’t be coming out for our usual drink. Mark, who was passing, said he would. I had a half-hour sleep while Dot had a shower, and then I cleared up the kitchen. Dot potted some stuff in the garden.