Thursday 7th December 2023

Got up and porridged. Set off on inspections out west, but headed east initially to put some petrol in the car, and check the tyre pressure on the front-right tyre, which I suspected had a slow puncture. By the time I got to the petrol station, the tyre looked very flat, so I pumped some air into it and drove to Holocene on Camden Road. They did a quick repair job on it, and I was back on the road for £30. Popped back home for some lunch before finally heading for Shepherds Bush, then up to Wembley, where it started to rain and got very gloomy. Got home in good time. Aki had been to the JCUK festive gathering, so got back after me. Warmed up the pork and bean stew she’d made yesterday, and prepared mashed potato and some greens. Brett from No.7 turned up around 1900 and we fed her before repairing to the sofa to watch “Squaring The Circle”, Anton Corbjin’s moving tribute to the ground breaking Hipgnosis design team who came up with classic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, et al in the 1970s. Very enjoyable journey back in time…