Tuesday 22nd August 2023

Woke around 0900. Aki got up and made tea, and I read some "Pickwick papers" in bed for a bit. Got up and porridged. Aki cycled off to Highbury Pool for a swim. Lunched on figs and mozzarella cheese, with speck on toast. Walked to Finsbury Park station and got a Piccadilly Line tube train to Knightsbridge. Walked through Hyde Park to the Serpentine Gallery for our annual pilgrimmage to the summer pavilion...this time a timber edifice with tables and stools, a small cafe bar, encouraging to people to mingle with strangers and meet new people. We managed to drink our coffees in peace, undisturbed by the general populace, much to our relief. Walked northward along the west bank of Long Water to the Italian gardens at the Lancaster Gate entrance. Took the Central Line and changed at Oxford Circus, and got home in time to cook dinner before my zoom appointment with the dietician. It was as dull as the first experience...just 9 more to go! Watched a bit of telly and read some "Pickwick Papers" before shower and bed...