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Oliver is congratulated by the Chancellor<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last Saturday (July 20) remained warm and dry but with a shower in the early afternoon. David went to Stonehenge with Oliver. Later in the afternoon Dot and I drove to Morrisons and bought food. I looked through some old photos. Anna is not well; so looked out an old sermon to use tomorrow. Dot was doing the prayers. Watched cricket and Tour de France, plus some athletics. Joyce has an infection in her thigh injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday was still pretty warm.\u00a0 Drove to church and led service as well as delivering my repeat sermon, which seemed to go down well. Dot did prayers and also got a good response. Took Harriet home afterwards, then returned to help with our contribution to the street fair. We had a book stall, and one or two people bought one of my poetry books or the Paston walk book. Had long talk with Ellie: her views seem very similar to Kim\u2019s, and she also comes from Huddersfield! Won some wine in the raffle. All seemed to go well generally. Watched end of Tour de France and cricket, and a couple more episodes of Tokyo Vice.<\/em> Spoke briefly to Des. Paul left his car in the drive at 8.30 and returned about 6.30 with Holly\u2019s dog and Liz – though to be fair he had taken her with him. It was the first time we\u2019d really met her. Seems nice. Very tired at end of day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday continued pretty warm, though with a breeze. Linda came round at 9.45 and did our hair, following which I had a bath and read a chunk of To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>, which is brilliant.\u00a0 Felt extremely tired after lunch (often do after having my hair cut), but cut some of the trailing plants away from the front windows. Wish I could manage more. Then I drove up to the Rosary to check on the graves, which turned out to be OK. Did some extra steps, mainly up High Green. Bit of a struggle. Cooked some duck, and Dot made a cake. Edited a short piece for Debbie and sent Ellie a copy of my sermon. Finished Tokyo Vice,<\/em> which was very good but too long (10 hours).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday was still fairly warm, but windy. Dry. Went through quite a few slides on the machine and transferred them to computer. Dot went to the shops, and my second parcel arrived \u2013\u00a0one of two books for Oliver for a graduation present. Both map-related. Tidied up my room, chose compline and then hymns for Sunday. Finished watching The Jetty<\/em>, which was pretty good, though the lead character didn\u2019t carry much conviction, despite being played by Jenna Coleman. In the evening walked to the Great\u00a0 Hospital for Cake and Compline. Everyone except David (rehearsal) and Phil eventually turned up, despite obstructive behaviour by people on gate. Who are these people? And why?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday was overcast and slightly cooler. Didn\u2019t feel too well: very tired. Got an e-mail from Anne Coomes asking for Parish Pump articles by next Tuesday. Not the most convenient, as David arrived today from London. Nevertheless I wrote two articles today and started on a third. Dot spent most of the day tidying house. She has also done a dessert and a cake. Met David at station just before 6pm. Later shared FaceTime with Amy. Julia has had a fall and injured her leg: she is in hospital on IV antibiotics. I cooked salmon, potatoes and beans. Lay down for a while afterwards. Later looked at some photos on TV – David\u2019s and ours. Earlier finished To Kill a Mockingbird,<\/em> which was brilliant.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday was very grey but not cold. A few drops of rain. Finished my Parish Pump pieces on Sydenham, Malcolm Campbell, the Forth Bridge and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Had brunch around 11.30 and set off for Coventry about 2.45. Dot drove at first, and we swapped at Cambridge Services. Quite an easy journey, though plenty of traffic about. Arrived at Old Mill, Baginton, about 5.30. Had gin and tonics outside and received a message from Oliver with parking info. Then had meal, which was ok but very, very slow. David went to bed, and Dot and I did a walk round the car park – plus. Suspect two tables in restaurant contained graduation celebrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday – the big day – was sunny and pleasantly warm, except in Paris, where it rained hard on the Olympics opening ceremony. We woke early and had a small breakfast at 8.15. Tired and not hungry, but otherwise a better day health-wise. Amy and Vicky arrived and we all drove to our allotted parking place together. Dave and Julia were supposed to meet us there, but parked elsewhere for some reason. Oliver came to meet us in his gown and we walked to the arts centre, where we found we all had a seat in the main auditorium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy family \u2013 Amy, David, Oliver and Vicky<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bit of a wait, then good speech by Chancellor and later by gaming tycoon who was a former graduate. MC was brilliant – funny and entertaining. Oliver came pretty late in the list (alphabetical order) but it was a great moment. Took lots of pictures. Afterwards we all lost each other but eventually came together. Evetts had something to eat in Pret A Manger while we watched the traditional throwing of hats in the air. Got a couple of good pix. Later the Evetts and Amy, after many photo shots, left for the Cotswolds. Both Dave and Julia looked a bit fragile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We gave Oliver our gifts. Then we had lunch in the Dirty Duck, Oliver showed us round the campus and we drove to his last flat – quite nice. He emptied his stuff into his car with a bit of help from us, and then Dot, David and I left for return journey to Norwich. Quite a lot of traffic, with a few hold-ups, especially at Barton Mills. Didn\u2019t stop at Cambridge Services but I stopped driving at Newmarket bypass services – very tired, and we got some petrol. Dot drove the rest of the way. Amazingly we got home in time to catch the end of street meet. Des, Chris, Mary and John. Had salad supper and went to bed. An exciting day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday was still warm: had breakfast in the garden. David spent a lot of the day going through his stuff in the garage and reallocating it in a way that is both neater and more logical. Certain books are more important than others. There are CDs too. Garage now much more appealing. Des and Chris used our tickets to hear Rob Knee\u2019s talk on Edward Cole at the Maid\u2019s Head. Went down well. Today was our 56th wedding anniversary, but we both forgot until Dot got a message from Angela! Put a short piece on Facebook and got 32 comments. Thought about going out for a meal, but it was Norfolk Day, and the city would have been packed. David did a short walk. Cooked chili and watched swimming and cricket. Oh, and rugby.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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