Wednesday 27th December 2023

Windy night as another storm blew in from the west. Heard Kath getting up for work at 0700. Slept through until 1030. Descended for tea and breakfast. Miserable weather…looks like a day trapped indoors. Lunched on a festive leftover hash with poached eggs. Aki, Kath and I took a walk down to Darras Hall shops during a break in the bad weather…popped in to the Co-op for some bits and pieces, then cut back via a bit of the old railway line. It started raining again as we walked up Whinfell Road. Dad cooked a turkey tikka masala for dinner, with rice made in his new mini rice cooker…its size meant he had to cook two separate portions in order to feed the five of us. It was a bit wet, for some reason. Xmas pud and custard for afters. Watched “Yesterday” on iPlayer…we’d seen it first time round, but enjoyed it nonetheless. Hamish Patel has a effortlessly understated comic persona, and of course we got to glimpse the Itchy Teeth boys giving it some as his backing band…great stuff! As Aki was flossing before bed, she managed to dislodge a gold crown from a rear molar!