Woke around 0800. Got up and made tea. Did my exercises. Doorbell rang a little after 0900…Mick da Roofer showed up with a rather rotund assistant with most of his teeth missing! Lynne showed them upstairs. I finished my tea then nipped up to see what they were up to…basically adding a liquid membrane to the valley gutter. I got them to uproot a small shrub that was growing on the parapet, and cut away a now defunct TV aerial cable that the passion flower had used as a climbing frame. They had a quick look at our back addition and smeared some liquid membrane on a split they identified…won’t find out whether they’ve properly diagnosed the problem until it rains again! They handed me their invoice and departed. I chopped away at the wisteria from Lynne’s front windows, and had a go at the passion flower from a step ladder out front. Bought a small marrow from the church next door. Aki cooked brunch. Took a short walk in the afternoon heat, shopping at Kilo, and Waitrose. Read a little Clare Tomalin on Dickens before preparing and cooking a roast chicken dinner; apple crumble and custard for afters. Watched "The Blue Road", a documentary on the remarkable life and literary career of the great Edna O'Brien before bath and bed...
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