Woke to sound of heavy rain on the bedroom roof at around 0230...thunder and lightening! Got up at 0800 and made some tea, before breakfasting on a bowl of porridge. Set off for the south-west at 1000 in the car, picking up some petrol in Harringay first. It was still raining, but not particularly heavily. Traffic wasn't bad until I got to the short section of the North Circular between Acton and the Gunnersbury roundabout, which leads onto the M4. Took three quarters-of-an-hour to got half a mile! There was no sign of any blockage when I finally reached the roundabout...mental! Broke for a coffee at Heston services, and for lunch at the new Fleet service station on the M3. It was rammed...never seen a service station so busy! Fortunately the queue for fish 'n chips at Harry Ramsden's was short, so I plumped for cod bites and chips with mushy peas, and ate outside at a wooden table. Drove on to Fareham, and to Wickham, five miles to the NE. Had to do a couple of internal inspections...the second one I called at, the guy who opened the door told me he had covid! His wife shut him in the living-room with the dogs, and I donned a mask and latex gloves, and had a quick look at kitchen and bathroom specification...the tenants had done a good job of putting in their own. Got home at 1900. Aki cooked a Spanish chicken and chorizo stew, with rice. Watched a bit of telly...fascinating doc following the fortunes of several young kids at Crystal Palace football academy...the pressure they have to cope with is intense!
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