Had a good – though exhausting – weekend with David and Kristine. The exhaustion was largely because of an ill-advised trip to Brancaster on Sunday afternoon for lunch at the Ship Hotel. The lunch was good, but the service was slow, very much like the traffic on the way there and back. Caravans, motor homes and even cars all happy to poodle along at about 45mph.
That wouldn’t have mattered so much if we weren’t on a tight schedule, racing to get the Coomes back for their journey home. This all followed a rather nice Communion service, where the music went particularly well, despite our not having seen Phil for about a month. Obviously no practice is the key to success.
On the Saturday afternoon we took David and Kristine to Thurne for a short walk that turned out to be even shorter than anticipated when Dot had trouble with her ankle – very similar to the problem she had in Iona. Nevertheless it was a beautiful day, and Thurne was picturesque as always.
In the evening we went up for dinner at Jamie’s (prompted by our good experience in Glasgow). I drove the other three up because of Dot’s ankle problem, then took the car home and walked up. The meal was particularly good and quite reasonably priced, and the waiter was first class (as in Glasgow). The restaurant was very full: I was impressed with the way they had refurbished it to meld in with the Arcade decorations.
Yesterday was still very warm, though cloudier. There were even a few drops of rain as I headed up into the city to pay in some church cheques. Afterwards I walked round the Cathedral close a bit and then through the Cathedral. My ankle stood up quite well. In the cloisters they were removing evidence of filming for a forthcoming film, Tulip Frenzy.
After months of prevaricating, the TSB has now admitted that it can’t/won’t transfer all the church standing orders automatically, and I’ve had to contact all our givers to get them to change their details. It remains to be seen how many don’t bother, and how much we lose.
Today has been much duller, with one thunderstorm. I had been intending to go for a walk, but haven’t made it out, though I have cleared up some other longstanding to-do items, such as putting pictures in frames. I am now about to watch the final England World Cup game, to see if they can avoid a hat-trick of defeats.
<Pause> They did. It was a stunning, not to say boring, 0-0 draw. This was followed (on our TV-watching schedule) by England losing the Test Match – and series – against Sri Lanka with two balls to go. Still, a great century by Moeen Ali.
Just popped up to post a letter and was propositioned by a young woman. Long time since that’s happened.
