Saturday 11th February 2023

Woke at 0930. Got up and made tea. Aki put some laundry in, while I cooked up a tasty brunch. Went for a walk up Highgate Hill, stopping off at Yerbury Farmer's Market to pick up a square tinned sourdough. Had a coffee at Lauderdale House, then walked back down the hill to do a little shop in M&S. Back home, watched the Ireland v France rugby match...it was terrific stuff, with Ireland coming out on top in the second half. I cooked a chicken and tahini traybake for dinner, with a tahini sauce, sauteed potatoes, and vegetables. It was very tasty. Watched Florence Pugh in "The Wonder"...an atmospheric movie set in rural Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Famine, focussing on a young girl who had been reported to to the RC authorities as a possible miracle, having not eaten for four months. Florence was as luminous as ever...