Cobbles

 I was, needlessly, awake early and downstairs making coffee before 7:00. Diane emerged a bit later and I went to perform my morning ablutions. As I was dressing, I heard Di talking and assumed she was on the phone with Zoe. She wasn't, Kim had been to surgery for a blood test and called in to see us on the way home. She was with us for about an hour and we had a lovely chat, catching up on the trials and tribulations of the night duties she had worked this week.

Once she was gone, I got on with some admin and a few chores before Diane went to the vet to pick up some meds for Jasper, and I went for a walk, stopping at the pharmacy for some meds for Diane. It was a lovely warm, cloudless day and I was quite hot by the time I arrived home.

We have a bit of a family gathering planned for next Friday, so we spent some time looking at our catering options. Eventually, we concluded that the easiest solution was to prepare everything ourselves. I started to develop a menu for the day.

After lunch, we settled down in the Orangery for some Kindle time. Mid-afternoon, Zoe and Ellie turned up (with Ellie's friend Natalie in tow) so that Ellie could give us a hug before going to Pete's for the next week. It was lovely to see her bouncy and well again after the illness at the start of the week.

After dinner, Wickes arrived with the cobbles we had ordered yesterday. The chappie offloaded them and took them around to the back garden for us. He has had a long day, starting at 07:00 he has reloaded his van 4 times and still has deliveries in Lancing, Worthing, and Midhurst this evening.