Saturday 30th September 2023

Slow start this morning. Read a bit of "Milkman" in bed before rising to cook breakfast. Did a wee shop in Waitrose, and bought some ceramic baking beans to have a go at a custard tart recipe tomorrow. Partook of a light lunch, then hauled our instruments over to the Octopus Garden behind the Council flats off Tufnell Park Road, where we joined their community garden harvest festival. Our Scottish folk tune orchestra was augmented by a couple of ringers, who joined in on fiddle, guitar, and dustbin bass! Really enjoyed it, and came away with some garden produce, namely some heirloom squash, tomatoes, sage, basil, and a French baguette (we'd missed the pumpkin soup). We promised to return to play their Xmas bash in December. Aki cooked salmon steaks for dinner, with potatoes, and heirloom squash...very tasty! Stayed up for MOTD...all good, watchable games. Amazing win for Villa, 6-1 over a good Brighton side, and Man City lost for the first time this season!