We had another gentle start to the day. Zoe's shifts have been quite benign this week. Before I went to Zoe's, I checked the car as Di was planning to go to Pilates. I switched on and received the whole panoply of warning messages and warning lights. I let the engine run for a few minutes, switched it off and back on. I got the same result. I reported to Di, and she decided she wasn't willing to risk it. I set off for my school walk and pre-breakfast walk.
Back home, after some breakfast, I decided I would try to give the car a run. I dropped Di at the Post Office and drove to Sainsbury's to fill up with petrol. The first kilometre was accompanied by all of the warning bells and alarms, but then they shut down, and the car behaved perfectly for the rest of my trip. I even timed it well enough to collect Di on the way home.
The afternoon saw our usual Kindle interlude before we collected Ellie from the after-school football. Once home, I looked through various websites to find some new walking shoes. My current pair have been very comfortable but has worn down at the heel. I looked at several options but decided to get another pair of my current shoes.
Zoe collected Ellie soon after five, and we had a quick dinner. We had planned an evening out. We drove (without warning messages or alarms) to the Chichester Festival Theatre. We had tickets for Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile.
We had brilliant seats, centre stage, near the back of the theatre. The auditorium was packed. Regular readers will know that I am not a great lover of theatre, generally. This, however, was excellent. It flowed well, was well-crafted, and was immensely professional. If all theatre was like this, I would be tempted to go more frequently.
We were back at the car soon after 22:00 and home well before 22:30. (Again, the car behaved impeccably).
It had been a really enjoyable evening.
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