Monday 2nd December 2024

Day two of the early audits. Or early starts.

Only I did not read the invite in that this day it began at half seven rather than seven, so I was all up and ready for ten to, and confused as they wasn't any reminders of upcoming meetings by Outlook.

I looked and saw the start was half an hour later. Once the meeting started, I found that most others had been equally confused by the start time.

So, I had time for breakfast and a second brew before the audit began, with dozens of us logging on and several in the conference room in Arhus.

As an auditor, you never know where the audit will lead, or the reactions it might generate. Much to my surprise, a lady in the room let out a loud profanity after we as auditors held our (correct) line.

Teams meetings can be recorded and provide a transcript, but sadly I could not find the profanity in it when I checked later.

A second day with only half a day to do a day's work, and then coming up would be the report writing. But that for another day.

In the meantime I write the executive conclusion, and stare at the words I wrote.

It was a bright day, so after two I decide to go for a short walk, putting on my shoes and taking me along to the end of the road and up Station Road.

Not sure whether I was expecting to find much in flower, but a veritable forest of Annual Mercury was in the rough ground at the end of Collingwood, but further up I saw a spike of Winter Heliotrope in flower.

I only had my phone camera with me, so tried to get as close as I could so to get a record shot.

Five paces on, another spike was in flower beside the path at waist height.

I snap that too.

As I turn round, a cyclist has begun the swift descent to the bottom of the Dip of Station Road, so I quickly snap the scene.

Jools got fish and chips on the way home, so no cooking for me. I warm the plates and keep the kettle close to boiling, so when she gets back I can make brews and dish up so to keep the food hot as possible.

Football on Amazon Prime: we couldn't get the tellybox to work, so instead I log in on the laptop, and sip two glasses of XV watching Ipswich lose to Palace 1-0.

Sot it goes, so it goes.