Sunday 12th May 2024

 

Seemed to enjoy a reasonable night's sleep, though we were very slow to rise. Drank tea in bed before hauling myself out to cook brunch. Aki did a little re-potting of her tomato plants...I wandered over to Waitrose to do a bit of shopping. Very warm out there...26C today. Popped in on the boys at the DIY shop on my way home, and bought some powerful drain unblocker, in the hope that we can maybe get the bath going again...the shower is definitely out of commission, but I have a fear that the bath drainage is also finding it's way beneath the shower tray and causing the internal rising damp. Dunno what we're going to do about it! Stuck our heads in at the Olden Community Garden party...got there around 1600...it's a twenty minute walk from home, and situated on a railway embankment serving the North London Overground line into Moorgate. There was a hefty turnout, and we bumped into Kate from the Rowing Club...we sat and listened to a couple of folk bands, and a local community choir, in the sunshine, then Kate showed us around the Gardens...there's a little apple orchard, and a woodland section...all very well managed and looked after. Kate invited us round to her house in Battledean Road, and we sat out back sipping gin and tonics. She has a huge air-source pump in the back garden! Got home about 1900 and put together a salad nicoise for dinner. Watched a bit of telly, and rehearsed a couple of Kinks choral numbers before bed.