Friday 25th April 2025

Woke at 0800. Aki already up readying for Rowing Club. Got up and porridged. Aki cycled off…I jumped in the car and headed for Hackney on inspections. Nice sunny morning. Got to the block of flats on Amhurst Road…code for key safe that Clarion had given me was wrong…had to phone Clarion a couple of times…eventually got in. Surprise, surprise…same problem at the flat in Woodford. Got home for a late lunch. We headed for south London mid afternoon…took a Victoria Line train to Vauxhall, changed to the overground, then a couple of stops to Earlsfield. Walked up to Tammy and Franco’s. Franco just back from a skiing trip northern Iceland. They served up a tasty dinner…barbecued beef, served with steamed asparagus and a hazelnut dressing, and a cauliflower salad with yoghurt. Talked Rolling Stones, as Franco and I are lifelong fans…we arranged to go see Rollo and the Tailshakers in Kingston at some point in the not too distant future. We left Earlsfield around 2115 and headed back to Holloway…very pleasant evening.