Bargains

 I did not sleep well. I have no idea why, but I just seemed to doze throughout the night. By seven, I was up and about, making coffee and tea, and preparing to read the news. When Di came down, I grabbed my breakfast and then headed out for my walk. My second coffee would have to wait until I returned.

Di had gone to Zoe's while I was out. She was sorting out the washing and getting it out on the line, as these are the sort of domestic items that Zoe still can't manage. In the meantime, I had to sort out the garden tap, which sprays everywhere when connected to the hose. It turned out that the washer was missing from the connector. A new washer was fitted and the problem solved. The other problem we have is the manifold, which splits the water to the hose through one port and the irrigation through the other, has a gaping crack in it. I managed to find a suitable replacement from Amazon, and this should arrive tomorrow.

Di pottered in the garden during the afternoon, and I read in the Orangery. The phone rang. It was Zoe. She had heard from a colleague that sides of salmon had been reduced from £24 to £4.50; she asked the colleague to put three to one side for me. 

I drove to the store and asked for the colleague, and she presented me with three huge packs of salmon in exchange for some coins of the realm. They were much too big for the freezer, so I cut them down into 500-gram portions and froze them. We now have 6 Sunday lunches sorted out for the next few months.