Wednesday 27th May 2026

Woke around 0600 with back ache. Sat up in bed for an hour or so before dozing off again. Aki brought me a mug of tea before cycling off to Rowing Club. I got up and porridged. Cooler day today after yesterday's record-breaking temperatures...forecast is for 25C by mid-afternoon. Popped out to Morrisons and Waitrose to get some ingredients to make home-made bounty bars to stick in the fridge. Came home and mixed the coconut and yoghurt, and stuck it in the freezer to harden. Aki back for lunch. Toasted the remains of the ham salad foccacia we'd bought yesterday lunchtime and didn't have time to eat ahead of going in to the cinema. Headed for Earlsfield for food at Tami and Franco's...took the Victoria Line to Vauxhall, and a westbound train to Earlsfield. Sat out in their pleasant back garden, and caught up over drinks and nibbles, before Franco fired up the BBQ and cooked some chicken drumsticks, which Tami had marinated in yoghurt and spices, and some cod fillet, accompanied by asparagus and capers, and a tasty tabouleh salad. They are due to head out to Bordeaux for a short holiday before retreating to their Swiss chalet in time for the Montreux Jazz Festival. We headed off to the train station around 2030 and made for home...