Sunday 24th November 2024

Got up around 1000. Windy outside...the tarpaulin was being slowly ripped from its' moorings on the scaffolding surrounding the block of flats going up behind us...not sure that will last the day! Aki cooked brunch. We rehearsed our Xmas ukulele repertoire. Ventured out into Storm Bert...wasn't so bad. Hopped on a No.91 bus to Charing Cross. Finished Beloved on the ride...an American masterpiece! We walked over Hungerford footbridge to the Southbank to go listen to Joli Blon play their Cajun tunes to an enthusiastic audience in the Clore Ballroom...good, free entertainment...we splashed out on coffee and pastel de nata. Enjoyed watching the kids and mums dancing away in front of the band. Walked back across the river, and up to Seven Dials to do a bit of browsing in Carhaart, then jumped on a No.29 bus home. Aki fried some hake for dinner, with savoury lentils. Watched an episode of David Attenborough's "Asia".