Friday 26th May 2023

Woke around 0600. Had trouble getting back off to sleep, as my hernia repair was giving me gip, so I got up and made myself a mug of tea, and started work at the computer. Aki woke to alarm at 0730 and I took her some tea...she's looking a bit perkier than yesterday. Worked until lunch break. Finished off the gnocchi and mushroom sauce that was in the fridge, with a bit of soup and some salad. Sun was shining, so we walked up to Fairbridge Road with some finishing samples to hand over to Helen and Martin, then walked back down the hill via the Farm Shop on Holloway Road. 

Had a coffee in the Green Room cafe, sat out

back in the sunshine, and bought half-a-dozen eggs from the chatty fellow at the Farm Shop...turns out he runs the Farmer's Market at Yerbury School. Walked over to Finsbury Park at 1800 to meet Katrina in Osteria Tufo. The singing waiter was on duty, and kept coming out with snippets of Tina Turner songs. Enjoyed a burrata starter with grilled tomatoes, and nduja toast, followed by boscaiola...very tasty. Walked round to the Park Theatre...we were in the Studio to see Philip Ridley's "Leaves of Glass". Katrina hadn't come across his work, nor been to the Park Theatre.