Sunday 24th December 2023

Slow start…very weary after our travails. Eventually descended for porridge. Wet and windy day. Aki and I drove down to Waitrose in Ponteland to do a final pre-Xmas food shop, then returned to High View for some lunch. Julie made a flying visit to wish ma and pa a Happy Xmas…she had Vera in the car, and ma and pa insisted on braving the elements in their slippers in order to go and say hello! Started cooking ahead of tomorrow. Put together the nut roast to stick in the oven tomorrow afternoon. Aki made a tasty fish pie for dinner. I then made the bread sauce, the mushroom gravy, and some stem ginger ice cream. Watched a bit of telly…enjoyed Dawn French’s one-woman show, and got to bed after MOTD…