Thursday 24th April 2025

Woke at 0800. Got up and made tea. Porridged. Headed in to the City for a meeting with Aki’s financial adviser, Stewart Johnstone. Caught a train to Moorgate, and walked through Finsbury Circus to meet in a coffee shop…but it was so busy, and so noisy, we repaired to the empty pub opposite. Stewart recommended we don’t panic over Trump, and keep our money where it is. My pension plan has only shown a 1.6% increase over the last 12 months…but that’s better than Aki’s. We parted company with Stewart and headed back home for some lunch. I hightailed it up to Archway for my pre-op assessment at the Whittington Hospital. Waited over half an hour to be seen. They took height and weight measurements, blood pressure, nasal swabs, a blood sample, and an ECG...telephone triage booked in for next Tuesday. Walked home. Warmed up the chicken chasseur for dinner, with mashed potatoes and vegetables. Took a tube train to Leicester Square to see "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii" fifty years after seeing it at the Odeon, Westgate Road! Watched it in IMAX...sound was great. The restored print didn’t look too good on such a huge screen…thoroughly enjoyed the trip down memory lane, though! Walked up to the bus stop on Tottenham Court Road…very busy in town…an awful lot of tourists about, and summer’s not here yet!