Alarm at 0730. Aki got up and brought me a mug of tea. I got up at 0830. Porridged. Aki cycled off to Rowing Club. I did an hour or so at the computer before preparing a packed lunch and heading out on inspections. Mostly in Islington and Hackney, so didn't go far, but the roads all seem to be snarled up, largely because of burgeoning roadworks. The ones on Holloway Road are due to go on for about a year! Still, I get paid by the hour. Had my salad lunch in the car on Wenlock Road. Had to park up in Dalston, so grabbed a coffee from a local cafe, and a dessert. Ended the working day in EC1 with an internal inspection of a ground floor maisonette. Old Turkish guy in there...friendly chap. We had a little chat in his back yard...he'd come to England 40 years ago, and proudly informed me that he was now 80. He'd lost his wife a couple of years ago...as we chatted on the patio he let out a loud, burbling fart! Lucky we were outside!!! Headed for home, via Waitrose. Bought some beers, as the weather is hotting up...23C today! Got home around 1800. Worked at the computer while Aki sorted dinner out...we had the spinach potato gnocchi, with a mushroom and parmesan sauce, preceded by Aki's homemade leek and potato soup. Watched a bit of telly before shower and bed...
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