Monday 2nd January 2023

Woke around 0830. Hauled myself out of bed and made tea. Porridged (with chocolate in!). Listened to some music and read some David Copperfield. Margaret came round to the front door bearing mince pies and Christmas cake... Six walked past as we were chatting, and I congratulated him on finally ridding No.29 of the scaffolding that has been up for some months as they have had their roof extension built. The builders are still making a mess of the job internally, though. Sounds like he wished he'd never set eyes on them! 

 

I put lunch together, frying up some of yesterday's leftovers. Aki claimed never to have had fried yam potatoes before...neither had I! Tasty! We cycled off to Kings Cross mid afternoon, past the City Farm, and round the back of Pentonville Prison. We had tickets, courtesy of Jim's Christmas hamper, for "Corsage" at the mini-Everyman near Coal Drop Yard. It was excellent... mesmeric performances and cinematography. We repaired to granary Square Brasserie for dinner, to avoid having to wash up at home over a leaking kitchen sink! We enjoyed the burgers with thick cut chips, and a baby gem salad with a subtle truffle mayonnaise, parmesan, and chestnuts. Cycled home in the dark. My fingers were showing early signs of frostbite by the time we got home. Watched "Stonehouse", a quasi-factual dramatic treatment of the rise and fall of John Stonehouse MP. The script was pretty thin, but intriguing.