This my cousin Ann and her husband Jim, who are staying with us for a few days. The weather has turned slightly cooler today, though it’s still pleasant enough, and dry. Jim and Ann (Rumsby), who are from Liverpool, are in the city at the moment. Ann is my father’s eldest brother’s second daughter. The family left England for Africa in 1948, when I was three.

Jim and Ann arrived on Sunday, and yesterday we went to see a mutual aunt – not entirely successful as a visit, but successfully completed. I also got some more information about my grandfather and grandmother, though I’m not sure how accurate it was. In the evening I was supposed to play chess, but the guy I was playing had double-booked, so I returned home and we all watched Out of Africa, which Dot had bought on DVD partly because Jim and Ann had spent many years in Africa. We’d all seen it before but forgotten most of it. I’d certainly forgotten what an excellent film it is. In the morning I had given Jim and Ann a walking tout of the city, during which the picture above was taken – on Riverside. Have already sent several pictures to her youngest daughter, Dawn, who is very interested in family history.

This morning Phil and Joy came round for tea / coffee, and the man has just been to service the alarm.

David was very ill over the weekend with a painful kidney stone but is now much better. This morning he went for a CT scan and was told the stone was just above the bladder, and he will probably have more pain before it goes through. But at least he’s sure what it is and knows what’s happening. Still not at all nice, though. He’s relatively pain-free at the moment.

I have a date with my consultant on Friday week, after he gets the results of my two tests. On Sunday I was prayed for in church using oil, which felt very good. Nice Pentecost service, well led by Howard.