Tuesday 27th January 2026

Woke at 0230, and again at 0500. Seems to have become a pattern! Very frustrating! Woke again around 0900. Got up and porridged before heading round the corner to the GP. Saw a bloke about my sore mouth and tongue, and he prescribed an aspirin gargle, and referred me to ENT so they can take a look with a camera. Went for coffee and a cinnamon bun at Big Jo's afterward. Got home before Aki returned from Tai Chi. Did my exercises. Prepared lunch. Did a couple of hours' work at the computer. Ventured out in the early evening…Katherine at No.127 has gotten very involved with local food horticulture and she had alerted us to a meeting concerning the politics of food…she was involved in putting on the evening, at the Community Centre at the bottom of Crouch Hill. Good turnout…filled six very large round tables in the hall, and various guest speakers got up and informed us of what was going on locally. We broke for some free food…a rather insipid chick pea and potato curry and rice…then sat round our various tables for some group discussion. Very inspiring bunch on my table…including one of the guest speakers, Damian, who runs the Felix Project. Basically trying to utilise fruit and vegetables that get rejected by the supermarkets…but on a very ambitious scale. Walked home in the drizzle…