Saturday 22nd November 2025

It am the weekend.

And the return of club football. If you support a team in the top two divisions.

Next season my team might not have such a break, but more of that later.

I get up just after six, have a coffee and am out to the gym just after seven to get my reps in.

I like going to the gym early at weekends: it's quiet, there's many machines empty and its not very peopley.

Which is nice.

I cycle along some European coastline for forty minutes, looked like a Greek island, with red rocky coastline and low cliffs.

I have a podcast on too, and the time flies.

On the way home I fill up the car, buy to raisin and biscuit Yorkie bars, then home for breakfast and listen to the radio.

The cold spell is coming to an end, with wet and windy weather expected by evening. It was too chilly to do much outside.

I thought.

I did have to go into town to collect Dad's cygnet ring that is now way too small and had to be cut off three weeks back.

So I park at the back of Morrison's, walk over London Road to the shop.

He has done a fine job: polished, made larger and the diamond replaced after the original fell out.

This one is slightly larger, as the original was more like diamond dust. Probably all he could afford in 1961.

I drive home back up by the castle, along Reach Road, enjoying the view across to France and the shipping along the Channel between.

Back home in time for the footy: Scully and I are in position on the sofa.

Final Score on the telly, Radio 5 on through my phone. And so how would Norwich do with their new manager?

Not good.

2-0 down after twenty minutes, then pulled a goal back, but back to 3-1 by half time, and end up 4-1.

Not much changes could be managed in the two day's preparation, but Philippe Clement will be under no illusions as to the size of his task to turn this sinking ship round.

I watch the first half of Newcastle v Citeh, but there was dinner to prepare, as Sean and Ange were coming to see the kitchen and to have dinner.

I cooked teriyaki duck, roast potatoes, creamed spinach with cheese and mustard, steamed corn, and Boston beans.

The beans and spinach had already been made, so just needed warming up, the corn steamed and the duck done in the air fryer in 20 minutes.

Easy peasy lemon squeasy, thus giving time to share a beer with Sean and join in the chat.

Dinner was splendid, of course.

And 60% veg.

Cheers!