Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Tuesday 11th August 2026

Woke at 0700. Pain in right hip had dissipated somewhat, but still giving me some gip. Managed to nod back off...awoken by the sound of the doorbell and knocking...Aki had locked herself out whilst watering her tomatoes! Lynne had come across the boxed hazardous waste on the doorstep, and had assumed it was a delivery for her! She turned one of the boxes over, looking for an addressee, thus managing to find the leaking wood stain! As it happened, the chap from HWC turned up, and carted it all away. Aki cycled off to Essex Road to buy fish. She dropped it back with me, then headed off to tai chi. I made some fresh hummus. Put some lunch together once Aki had got back. Took a phone call from the RoofPro guys and have hopefully come to an understanding...still a couple of queries to clear up, but lord knows when they are going to be able to come and do the work...we are heading for Newcastle on Saturday, and then away in Sicily for two weeks! Sat about nursing my right hip for most of the afternoon. Aki drove off to Angel in a hunt for cartons of gazpacho...she bought three in Sainsburys! I made harissa prawn pasta for dinner, with fried courgette. Had a little raspberry sorbet for afters. Watched another episode of "I'm Alan Partridge", followed by an episode of "The IT Crowd"...funnily enough, Graham Linehan appeared opposite Steve Coogan in the former. Watched The Ten, and Newsnight, before retiring to bed to read some Murakami...

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