Thursday 10th July 2025

Woke around 0730. Got up and opened the gate before climbing back into bed to do a bit of scrolling. Rose to porridge around 0915...day warming up swiftly. Colin Guthrie has sent me a new song to learn ahead of the Brighton run...a verse and chorus of The Bold Harpooner...nice song...hope I can manage to learn the lyrics in good time! Worked on the LPAs...decided to post off the first 10 sections of each form to dad, to get mum and David Tanner signed up, then we can do the attorneys and witnesses when we go up to Darras Hall in August and get the forms posted off to the Office of The Public Guardian. What a palaver! 

Lunched on kippers and salad. Watched the Ladies singles semi-finals from Wimbers. Early dinner...warmed up some defrosted chicken cacciatore, with buckwheat and vegetables. Hopped on a bus to Finsbury Park, and caught a Piccadilly Line train to Covent Garden. Aki wanted to visit the Agnes B sale; I popped into to Kryolan to order a block of black cake make-up. Hopefully I'll get it before the Brighton run. We then walked down Wellington Street, past Charles Dickens' office, and on across Waterloo Bridge to the Hayward Gallery to view the Yoshitomo Nara retrospective...a charming hour was spent wandering through the rooms. 

Wandered across the road for a drink in the roof garden at the National Theatre before heading for home via Blackfriars station to Finsbury Park...the overground isn't as hot an experience as either the buses or the underground. Popped into the Turkish shop on the walk home and bought strawberries ahead of tomorrow's Men's singles semi-finals.