Spent the week making a gradual recovery from my head infection. Haven’t quite got there yet, but will be giving it a good test in an hour, when we go for lunch with the Higbees at the  Sugar Beat in Swainsthorpe. Still feel very clogged up and am prone to the occasional coughing fit.

I did, however, make it to church on Sunday, when Eleanor baptised a little Lithuanian girl called Gabriele. Her family were all in white, and a few had come over from Lithuania specially. We had a lunch afterwards, and I had a chat with those who could speak English, especially the slightly older daughter (5-6), who goes to Catton Grove school and can speak English, Lithuanian and Russian. Following the lunch (and the Lithuanians’ departure) Dot, Phil and I did a bit of a rehearsal which included my new song, Julian Blues. We were joined for a while on piano by Carrie.

Saw Carrie again last evening (5.30pm), when I attended Golden Dog Lane for a Carrie support group meeting. Only four of us (Carrie, Howard, Debbie H + me), but we had a good talk, and the cake tasted excellent. Dot had been at Mildenhall much of the day doing an RE quality mark assessment; so she had her evening meal while I was out, and I did my own after I walked back.