Tuesday 11th July 2023

Alarm at 0730. Dozed to the radio until 0815. Got up and porridged. Took Aki a mug of tea. Booked hotel in Cardiff for work next week. Made a packed lunch. Did some work at the computer before setting out eastward on inspections. Broke at noon for a pre-arranged meet up with Carol Holt, who I'd bumped into at the RA a couple of weeks ago, at a cafe in Leyton. Had a coffee and a quick catch up...she's just filmed a Nintendo advert, and is still working, though now collecting her state pension (we'd been in several shows together at the New Vic in Stoke in the late 80s). She occassionally pops down to Hastings to see Shelly and Rob...we promised to meet up for a longer catch up at some point in the not too distant future....she went off to play tennis, while I got back to work. Stopped to have lunch in the car at a little lake on Wanstead Flats. Inspections took me to East Ham and Plaistow, before ending the working day in Hackney. Got home around 1830. Watched a bit of tennis. Aki cooked a fish curry, which we ate with dal and rice.