Thursday 2nd May 2024

Woken at 0400 by the sound of torrential rain or hail hitting the bedroom roof, and a loud and persistent thunderstorm. Didn't really manage to get back to sleep properly until around 0530! Woke again at 0900 and got up to make tea. Porridged at the computer. Broke at 1100 to walk round to Girasole for a coffee with Jane and Carlos from No.36...the cafe is due to close on Saturday, so we went to say our farewells to Eglal, who was busy organising a catering job, and disappeared with most of her staff shortly after we arrived. We all donned our complimentary Girasole staff t-shirts for a photo op. David stuck around to serve us coffee, and we had a catch up and bought up some of the stock before heading back home. Did a little more work before breaking for lunch...we pan fried a mozzarella and tomato panini we'd bought from Girasole, and enjoyed that with a generous salad. Worked at the computer for the rest of the afternoon. Aki cooked cod fillet for dinner, with butter beans and pancetta. Watched MasterChef, and Race Across the World before bath and bed...