Sunday, the 19th of February 2023, started brightly if a little chilly.
I got up and come downstairs and I made some coffee for myself, and a cup of tea for Kathy so that she can keep an eye on her blood pressure. It seems to work as her pressure has been pretty much normal lately, even though she does take blood pressure medication. I also tell her not to get stressed about stuff, as it doesn’t solve anything and it’s not good for her health.
I’ve made myself the regular pot of coffee, and, as I bought a tiger loaf yesterday, I’ve had some of that to eat today with butter and cheese spread for my breakfast. I don’t know yet what Kathy would like.
I slept pretty well last night. We went to bed early, real early, and I was listening to the end of an Audiobook about life in mediaeval England which was good. It was very interesting and also easy to listen to, and quite absorbing. I fell asleep towards the very end, but that was because I was tired, not because I wasn’t interested! I woke up a couple of times in the night, but all in all, I had a good night’s sleep. At one point I was dreaming that I was driving a bus. This bus had a clutch, and it was really really difficult to push down it was hurting my leg, and everyone was telling me to hurry up and get a move on. Well, then, I woke up and I had the most enormous cramp in my left leg. That was in the middle of the night. I got up and went for a pee, got back into bed and went back to sleep. I didn’t wake up again until just after seven o’clock.
Today we are going to go out for a walk. It’s in North London, so it will make a change to walk somewhere different. I have charged up the Gimbal and I am charging up the headphones. I will bring the rucksack, which will make it easier to carry everything, and will make it lighter for Kathy. I don’t mind taking the rucksack as long as it is not too heavy and not too full of stuff that makes my shoulders ache over time. I think I will be OK with that though. The walk is about six miles and the plan is to go to a pub afterwards and have a social gathering, some drinks and something to eat.
We got out on time and got to the bus stop spot on, in time to get the 105 bus to Southall.
We took the train to Farringdon and then the number 4 bus to Angel, as I mentioned before.
We got to the Angel pub just after midday and we had a couple of drinks and something to eat.
We met up with Ken’s group. We started by purchasing an annual membership and started off on our walk.
We got left behind, as we had to go to the toilet at the Costa we got to, and everyone had left. I had a good idea where they had gone and I caught up with everyone but it was a bit of a strain for Kathy.
The weather was spot on and pleasant; I actually got a bit warm with my coat on. The walk was supposed to be about six miles but I think it was a bit over seven miles.
When we finished the walk we went to The White Swan pub. It was a Wetherspoons, and very disappointing. No real choice of ales. I had London Pride and that wasn’t in good nick. We finished our drink and then we took the number 4 bus again back to Farringdon and then the Elizabeth Line to Southall and a 105 bus to the Queen’s Head where we had some dinner.
After that, we walked home and watched a few photos on the TV, but most hadn’t synced properly so we turned it off and went to bed.
