Friday March 28 – mainly warm and dry, turning cool in the evening. Woke late, wrote blog and edited pix, then checked bank account. After lunch walked up hill and over the top to Naomi’s to drop off football tickets. Spoke to her briefly. Met Dot on Riverside Road and we investigated a site we’d seen previously from the top – turned out to be a storage centre accessible off Gas Hill. Then walked along riverside path home.
Tired, but helped Dot with puzzles, then lay down for about half an hour. Street meet included Mark, Des, Chris, Mary and for a short while Joe and Sam. No John or Matt. Quite a chilly wind. Des got us fish and chips, and we watched Beyond Paradise and Death in Paradise – went to sleep in the latter. Earlier Bergerac.
Saturday – Sunny and dry, but a chilly wind. Partial eclipse of the sun in the morning, which I saw but failed to get any convincing pictures of – unlike Mark. In the afternoon walked Dot to Carrow Road, where she saw City beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0, with a goal in the 92nd minute by Josh Sargent. Went to meet her because she is still dizzy, but missed her – she came up the road and I went down the steps. Later she prepared the prayers. Watched bits of two Cup matches: Fulham losing 3-0 to Crystal Palace, and Nottingham Forest beating Brighton on penalties after ending 0-0 after extra time.
Sunday – British Summer Time! Chilly wind, but bright and dry. Put clocks forward last night and woke up in good time. Drove to church with cakes. Gave sermon which several people said they liked. Graham was there with his mother. It was Mother’s Day. Dot did prayers. Matt and the two of us in band. Took Ray home. Small tree (probably oranges) arrived out of the blue from David for Dot: she FaceTimed to thank him, and we had long talk. Oliver appeared briefly at the end. After lunch watched a bit of football and then final two episodes of The Flatshare, which was brilliant. Also penultimate episode of Protection.
Monday – Dry and sunny; quite mild, but a bit of a wind. Kim and her son Kian called (by car) to pay me for ticket I bought for The Chosen at Vue on April 10. They stayed for tea and a chat, which was nice. I learned a few things about helicopters. After a quick lunch Dot and I drove to North Walsham and bought flowers for graves. After putting them in the cemetery drove to Roger and Debbie’s and had tea and biscuits. Arrived home during rush hour, but not too bad. In evening watched several things on TV including the last episode of Protection, which sort of faded away after writing itself into a corner. Not bad, though. Put bins out and watched University Challenge. Mark and Sarah gave us some chocolate cake.
Tuesday – sunny and dry, but chilly wind. Drove to Archant pensioners’ get-together and had breakfast, which was excellent, especially the fried bread. Sat with Tricia. Robin too “groggy” to come, and Brian apparently not feeling too good. Tried to get contact details for Jennie Downing, who is in hospital, but not successful. Later in the morning went to Rosary with flowers; a burial was clearly about to take place, but we finished and got away in time. Had to lie down in afternoon, but later went for walk over to new café by Julian Bridge to check it out. As a result managed over 4000 steps in the day. Watched first two episodes of Dope Girls, set after first world war; first episode so obscure (literally) we almost abandoned it, but carried on. We’re like that.