Saturday 25th November 2023

One week to Christmas: get those spouts on!

Saturday.

A sunny but cold day, maybe the first real wintery day of the season, if not rainy or snowy, bitterly cold and with a keen wind, that up on the cliffs cut through you.

Not much to report today, as it was a day of relaxation before travel on Sunday. So, a quick trip to Tesco where i spent only £50 on a few bits and pieces, mainly relating to a change in diet because of some videos on ultra processed foods we have been watching.

Back home for breakfast of bacon butties, then out to pick up the hire car for the trip, as the office would be closed on Sunday.

I get a Vauxhall Mokka fake-SUV thing, but seems OK. I go home via the cliffs to take some shots of the cliffs and channel.

I park near the monument and walk to the cliff edge, pausing to look for Early Spider rosettes, but find none, so take shots quickly as the wind was cutting through the thin material of my fleece.

Back in the car and down through the village to home for a warming brew.

Lunch was some party food, all warmed through before the big game of the weekend, Citeh v Liverpool, which ended 1-1, and was about right. Then, I follow Norwich's game v QPR via the radio and Twitter.

As City have dropped down the table, no reporter is now sent to the Carra, so just score updates, and just the one update as City win 1-0.

Finally, to Jen's for the family meal to celebrate Jools's birthday, a Chinese which we would go to pick up at six, after collecting John now he can't drive.

Sadly, Mike, George and Trinny could not come, but Jools's sister, Cath did. So we ate then had a long chat over a glass or two of wine, until just gone nine, we all head home and to bed.