Sunday 7th May 2023

Got up and cooked a late late breakfast.... finished off the bubble and squeak. Kath FaceTimed from 12 High View...they were enjoying the garden. Talked a bit about plans for August 16th...sounds like a trip out to Horton Grange for dinner a famille, and maybe a BBQ in the garden the following evening. Soup for lunch. Walked to Finsbury Park in the afternoon, and took the North London line into Moorgate. Wandered over to Bishopsgate to investigate Eataly, a couple of floors of Italian deli's and eateries. It was busy, so we decided to walk on over to Spitalfields... but it was even busier there! Said hello to Mallet at the hat stall...he'd sold me a hat a few years ago, so I reminded him, and we had a brief chat. He was the drummer for indie rock band Transvision Vamp...nice chap. We decided to walk up Commercial Street towards Old Street station, stopping on the way to grab a coffee and doughnut at a little cafe on Great Eastern Street. Walked on up Pitfield Street, then crossed Shoreditch Park to pick up a bus back to Holloway. Stopped to take a look at the massive iron sculpture of Alfred Hitchcock's head in the courtyard of the Gainsborough Studio flat complex, built on the site of the old Gainsborough Film Studios. Aki baked trout for dinner, with couscous and vegetables, followed by crumble and custard. Watched a bit of telly before bath and bed...