Tuesday 4th August 2026

Radio alarm at 0730. Hauled myself out of bed and made tea. Porridged. Shaved. Set off in the car for Chelmsford at 0845...stopping off at Manor House for petrol. By the time I got to Chelmsford, it was nearing 30C outside. It was hot work...rang a lot of doorbells...people either flaked out in the their back gardens, or on their holidays! Had only gotten into two by the time I broke for lunch. Drove over to Hylands House and had my lunch in The Deli there...sat outside in the courtyard. Then drove to Writtle to continue door knocking. It was hard going...but finally notched up six internals...finished off the external inspections, then turned for home. Got in at 1700. Aki pan fried some sea bass for dinner, with pearl barley and vegetables, followed by a fruit salad and yoghurt. Nowt on telly. Did some Italian...not getting very far! It's almost as bad as my schoolboy Latin!!!