Woke to alarm at 0815. Got up to make tea. Aki cycled off to buy bread at the Farmer’s Market while I prepared brunch. Aki dropped me off outside the Royal Free for my 1100 appointment with the ultrasound team…having my right testicle inspected. Results will be passed to the Urology team in due course. I walked down to get a Northern Line train from Belsize Park, getting out at Tottenham Court Road. Walked down Oxford Street to buy replacement Doc Marten shoes, then hopped on a No.22 bus to Sloane Square. Passed the old Savills HQ in Berkeley Square…the building has been demolished and a new modern block is rising from the ground.
Got off the bus at Sloane Square and popped in to Peter Jones….haven’t been in there for many years! Met Aki in the 6th floor cafe for a swift lunch…the leek and potato soup was very disappointing. Walked across to the Royal Court…had tickets to see, or rather, hear, Katie Mitchell’s Cow/Deer…a 55 minute piece for four foley artists, including Tower Theatre regular Ruth Sullivan, who dropped out of Moby Dick to take up the job.
It was a fascinating hour, an hour in the life (and death) of a pregnant cow, and a deer, portrayed with a dignified delicacy. Walked back to Victoria station via the eastern fringes of Belgravia. Bumped into Jen as we emerged from Finsbury Park tube station…she was heading for Hackney Wick to deliver an early evening DJ set. Pork shoulder for dinner, with black beans, mashed potato and plenty of vegetables. Watched “Rye Lane”…a quirky movie set in south London, shot in vivid saturated colours, with a rye and witty script to match.
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