Sunday 9th August 2026

Woke around 0700 with back ache...sat up for a bit before managing to nod back off. Aki rose to water her (and the neighbour's) plants, and prepare for Rowing Club. I got up and porridged before she cycled off eastward. I ventured out into the late morning heat, and took a bus to Archway, then walked across to the southern extremities of Hampstead Heath. Picked up a coffee, a chicken sarnie, and a sausage roll, and found a bench on the Heath. Bit too warm in the shade...strolled down to Gospel Oak train station, and caught the Suffragette Line back to Upper Holloway, then a bus to Nag's Head. A lot of football supporters in Gooners shirts...it transpired that they were to hold a friendly with Dortmund...the new season is almost upon us! Popped in to Waitrose to buy some vegetables for supper, then walked home. Aki lunched at Rowing Club. Finished off the aubergine curry, with dhal and roti for supper. Headed up the road to The Shaftesbury for our monthly band rehearsal...George and Katherine (from No.127) had brought a couple of new tunes along, that they'd heard on their trip to Stornoway last month. Keith from No.34 turned up with his bodhran. The room was a bit warm...enjoyed my pint of Guinness! Walked home afterward...George nearly got in a spat with a dodgy looking bloke who rode his electric bike at us on the pavement! He was masked, and probably had a machete down his trousers!!!