Thursday, October 30 – Dry and quite pleasant. Blue sky over Cringleford in the morning, when I dropped Dot at the hospital for a mouth appointment. She has a small polyp which will eventually be cut out. I went and parked by the Willow Centre after popping into Tesco express, then walked around for about 20 minutes. Very pleasant. After I picked her up we went into Tescos again and bought some flowers for Mary – our next port of call, mainly because Neville has had a stroke and is struggling a bit. Happily he was at his best today, according to Mary. Stayed for a while then drove home for lunch.
Afterwards rang Ray and, after Dot and I had a lie down, he rang back to say we could go round at 3.30 – which is what we did. He didn’t seem too bad, though of course his legs are a problem for him. Home around 5pm and I cooked salmon a bit later. We were both feeling pretty tired (perhaps because of two early mornings in a row). Nevertheless we watched the first two episodes of the new Trigger Point, which is about bomb disposal and very well done. Dot lying down well before 11, which is most unusual.
Friday – Dry but windy. Up a bit late. Caught bus to Unthank Road. Late, slow and lots of passengers; so arrived between 5 and 10 minutes late at Eleanor’s. Fortunately I had forewarned her. Her dog was no trouble. Had lengthy talk about Canada and New Zealand and (later) church developments. She gave us carrot soup plus bread rolls with cheese, ham and sausages. Oh, and wine – which meant our alcohol total was way up for the day, because we had street meet later – after again having to wait for a bus.
Quite a few outside – Mark is home for six weeks, plus Des, Chris, Matt, Sam and (briefly) Joe, who then went trick or treating with Cleo. Angela still in Scotland. Much talk of Norwich restaurants. Later had toast and watched a few things, including Murder before Evensong, which isn’t really very good. Don’t really like clergy assisting with murder investigations, because it would never happen.
Saturday – Bright and dry; not too cold. Rain in the evening. Bit windy from the west. Probably last decent day for a while. Walked with Dot to Carrow Road, where Norwich contrived to lose yet again – this time 2-0 to Hull. I walked home by river and was hot and tired when I got there. Lay down for a bit. Watched quite a lot of TV, including the first episode of the new Mick Herron series, Down Cemetery Road. Very good, as you might expect. Cooked salmon for late lunch (with baguette) and chilli con carne for evening meal. Did a hard sudoku and a few other puzzles. Sadly, Liverpool won (Villa played so badly in front of their goal that you suspected they wanted to lose), and Spurs lost at home to Chelsea.
Sunday – Started with a bit of rain but became quite sunny and pleasant. David gave us a FaceTime call, and we talked about his upcoming visit, among other things. Sadly BlueJays narrowly failed to win World Series. Intended to go for walk at Sweet Briar marshes, but it was shut; so ended up at Earlham cemetery for a very pleasant walk. Visited my grandparents’ grave and then Phyllis’s. Had late lunch and watched a lot of TV, including football, Hamza wildlife programme and another episode of Trigger Point, which manages to be brilliant at the same time as impossible in the situations it constructs. Finished yesterday’s chilli.
Monday – Dry and not cold, but a bit windy. Felt strange all day, but a bit better in the evening. Dot did a lot of cleaning and re-arranging, and as usual we watched too much TV, including football and Trigger Point. Cooked sausages and put out rubbish. Very little energy, but managed 4000 steps, nearly all indoors. Couple of entries in Diderot – Adelboden and Andrew in Northumberland.