Aki went to rowing club this morning. I worked from home. Spoke to Kath via FaceTime this evening. She told us that dad had successfully had his stitches removed from his scalp, and that mum was due to remove the dressing tomorrow.
Sunday, 27 December 2020
Tuesday 1st December 2020
Drove out to Thaxted and Great Dunmow this morning to inspect some new build. Usual stop at Birchanger Green Service station to buy lunch items, and a coffee. Back home in time for a late lunch. Watched the Michael Fagan episode of The Crown this evening...amused to discover via Wikipedia that he had later recorded a version of God Save the Queen with The Bollock Brothers!
Monday 30th November 2020
We both worked from home today, not braving the mean streets of Lower Holloway. Made a lamb biryani for dinner, and watched The Crown. I lost my queen to Pete and resigned shortly thereafter...he rang me for a quick chat, and said they had bought a flat in Farnham...look forward to popping in sometime next year...assuming the deal goes through!
Sunday 29th November 2020
We ventured out to the bakery and the organic greengrocer’s this morning. Usual queue for the sourdough...popped in to Girasole on the way home only to discover Elgal is now selling sourdough too...and 50p cheaper! We had a Skype lunch with Katrina, who appears to be weathering lockdown well. FaceTimed ma and pa...they seem to be drifting toward the idea of cancelling Xmas. We’ll see how things develop.
Saturday 28th November 2020
Cycled down to Steve Hatt’s on Essex Road this morning...Aki cycled on to Tate Britain with some rowing club mates. In the meantime I queued on the pavement for salmon and sea bass. Sought out my car Registration document and MOT certificate...I’ll need them to hand on to Kath next month. Watched documentary on Diego Maradona...what an extraordinary life! The rollercoaster years at Napoli especially so...a love affair that ended at Italia 90 when he struck one of the penalties that sent Italy out at the semi-final stage, on the ground where he played his home club football...big mistake!
Friday 27th November 2020
Headed back to Chelmsford late morning, stopping at Sainsbury’s in Manor House for petrol. Snacked on a pork pie I’d squirrelled away in the glove compartment yesterday, but needed a comfort break at Tesco in Chelmsford. Got home around 2.30pm and had a late lunch with Aki. Watched a livestream from the NT this evening of Death of England: Delroy. Delroy is a working class east London black man who has voted for Brexit in order to see England brought to its’ knees!!! Interesting take...great performance from Michael Belogun, sustained for the entire 90 minutes. Pete closing in for the kill on the chess board!
Thursday 26th November 2020
Didn’t sleep well...some strange dreams, including one where we were followed about by an over-friendly stag! Kept rubbing up against our VW Golf...and even tried to get into bed with us. Dropped off a couple of homemade cinnamon whirls to Carlos at No.36, before driving out to inspect stock in and around Chelmsford. Stopped at Birchanger Services on the M11, and visited Waitrose, and Starbucks, before heading east down the A120. Ate my packed lunch in the car park of an unprepossessing sheltered scheme in Springfield, a not very fetching suburb of Chelmsford. Watched another episode of The Queen’s Gambit after dinner, and began a game of chess with Pete via WhatsApp...found myself deploying the Alekhine Defence!
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