Tuesday 5th April 2026

End of Easter Weekend, though us retirees carry on regardless.

It was a Tuesday, so the gym was back to being open at six, and as usual, Jools needed the car from half seven, so I was out of the house driving to Whitfield at five to six.

While all around, Nature provided for those who were awake, a most amazing dawn and sunrise, though that ended at quarter past six, as the sun rose. But by then I was in the gym, on the bike, peddaling.

Like Billio.

As my Grandad used to say.

I do forty minutes, once again putting off the long delayed go on the cross trainer, because I had to get some vegetables and butter from Tesco, so raced round there getting a small trolleyful of stuff, then back home for half eight, as Jools was making ready to leave.

Task for the day was to clean the patio of several years moss and other green things that had turned the one bright slabs a dull greeny brown colour.

For the task we had an ancient steam cleaner, which could be fifteen years old, or double that.

I waited to half nine before firing it up, and after some changing of nozzles, I got cleaning.

Two hours later, I had numb and sore forearms, but half the patio looked OK, from the upstairs it looked fine, though time had faded the slab's colour. It would do.

Jools would do more when she came home, and between us, most of the patio was if not clean, then cleaner than before we started.

I did stuff in the house, then began to prepared dinner, a quick meal of breaded cod, boiled new potatoes and the leftover creamed spinach.

Very nice.

The only cloud on the day was Scully first thing, who was acting strange, like she was blind, and had been to the toilet in the middle of the living room.

Nice.

When we tested her blood sugars it was just 3.7, so she was borderline hypoglycaemic, so we had to get food into her quick.

After a couple of hours her readings had reached seven, and she could see again, and was open to as much food as we wanted to give her.

That we worked out what was wrong, knew how to fix it, and to monitor it was good for us, and Scully.

Some footy on the telly in the evening, and Arsenal at Sporting on the radio.

Not a bad day, all in all.