Sunday, October 5 – Sun and cloud. Must be fairly warm, because Dot spent an hour or two gardening in the afternoon. Meanwhile got a quote for rebuilding wall that was a bit larger than I thought (the quote, not the wall). Earlier we listened to a radio programme about near-death experiences and watched the service from St Luke’s on YouTube. The latter included some candles catching fire; so it was quite exciting. Also good sermon from Graham. Dot listened to Ipswich v Norwich (3-1 ) while I had a bath. Afterwards we discovered it had been live on TV. Aargh! Actually spent quite a bit of time watching TV. Mopped up Masterchef – the right winner, Harry Maguire, but the other two were also very good. Greg failed to appear in last two or three: likeable Irish woman chef stood in. Watched a police procedural called Ellis, which was not bad. Managed 4000 steps indoors: late in bed. 

Monday – Dry and quite warm. Managed well over 4000, much of it indoors – but I did post a birthday card to Fred, who is 81 on Thursday. Dot spent quite a bit of time on the garden, which is looking really good, and David and Chrissy FaceTimed us. They have been on a car trip – a kind of game that sounds exciting. Also this afternoon I got a call from Dr Hampsheir, who said I would be getting another scan shortly. Most of the afternoon we spent talking to Steven – I picked him up about 2.20pm and took him back just before 5. Good chat. He knows quite a lot about Canada. Had message from Howard about various things which revealed we were on the same wavelength on most areas. Watched a couple of episodes of Welsh-based new thriller  – The Guest – which was pretty good. 

Tuesday – Dry and fairly warm. Woke early and had a bath, then we went to the Archant Pensioners’ coffee morning at the Town House. Quite a few there, including Robin and Shelagh, and we had breakfast as usual – quite nice, though my stomach doesn’t deal with that sort of thing very well at the moment. Had to lie down afterwards, but not before we’d driven up to Thorpewood and got my pills from the chemist. Watched the last two episodes of The Guest, which worked well. Dot did some violin practice. Later in the afternoon Des came to chat with Dot about the sugar runs, which he would like to get involved with. He suggested we could teach English to refugees: not sure I’m up to that!  Then Dot and I walked to Morrisons for a few things and came back by river. Quite tired as we got home. Watched a couple of other things, including first episode of Murder before Evensong, which was better than I thought it would be. 

Wednesday – Overcast at first, with some drizzle, but by the time we went out (just after lunch) to go to the dentist’s it was dry. I went first, taking the bus to Red Lion Street, and Dot followed, because her (routine) appointment was after mine. I was quite early in fact. We both had to fill in a form which was quite detailed. Not feeling great in the morning, but improved a bit later. As is becoming more frequent, I got rather tired towards the end of the walk back, but still managed over 4000. On the way we walked through John Lewis and bought a pillow for Dot. Posted birthday card to Birgit and Brian Caldecott. Dot did a lot of practising during the afternoon, I cooked some salmon and mashed potato and then Dot went with Janet and Nova to orchestra rehearsal. I watched songs on YouTube after clearing up, and we watched the latest Slow Horses episode when she got back. Brilliant. 

Thursday – Dry. Mixture of cloud and sun. Had bath after checking with Dot that Bridget was coming in afternoon. As soon as I got in bath, Bridget arrived! Wrote article about Canada after checking with David about the Canadian spelling of humourist, which is apparently like that. Later I found a video explaining how the heating controls work (not easy, because it had been renamed) and managed to get them back under control. In the afternoon drove up to surgery, posting letter for Dot on the way, and went for walk after parking. Had a blood pressure test administered by Olga, who was charming, and it came out pretty normal; so she’s obviously good at it. Fixed a phone appointment to review my medication on November 5, just to add a bit of spark, then called in at the Rosary, where everything seemed pretty dead, but neat enough.  Later cooked duck, which was cracking, and we watched England beat Wales 3-0 in a friendly, and the tail end of Scotland beating Greece 3-1 in the real thing (Euros).