Wednesday 11th March 2026

Our vacation will continue until Thursday, on which day we will set the alarm for five and go back to the gym.

But until then.....

After getting up and feeding the cats, having breakfast and the rest. Jools went to the tip to drop stuff off.

Because as we decorate the house, we find fresh stashes of stuff, this time sheets, duvets and duvet covers. So some went to the laundrette whilst the others went to the tip.

Jools returned at nine, and I asked if she was hungry.

She was.

Fried breakfast.

Yes.

So we high tailed it into Dover for a plateful at Chaplins.

We must be regulars now, as the waitress knows our order by heart now.

It was a glorious spring day, and people rushing around doing their chores.

We ate, then dashed to M&S for some basil, then rushed home as there was a delivery coming.

I watch football on my laptop through a portal called NOW TV. It used to be through the TV, but they stopped supporting our model, so I just got used to the laptop.

But turns out NOW is nearly 50% more expensive than Sky, and with Sky you get more channels. So, I ordered their Sky Glass puck thing, and it was to be delivered.

Back home, and the birds are returning to the garden after the feeders being empty for a week, so just standing and watching is great.

The package arrived at two, but we were to visit Jen, so setting it up would have to wait, as we drove over to Whitfield for our first meeting since saying goodbye at Gatwick on the 28th of last month.

Not much to tell. We fixed some phone issues, then came back home to set up Sky.

I connected the puck, plugged it in. Entered the wi-fi password. And it did the rest.

And so we entered a new word of television. High definition television.

I turned if off until the football later.

Supper was insalata caprese, with the basil bought earlier, and stuff from Tesco. And a loaf of sourdough wholemeal bread.

It was delicious.

And then football: Norwich v Sheffield Utd.

Norwich no longer play like a relegation threatened team, but after the cup defeat to Leeds at the weekend, only three days before, it would be a tough game.

And Utd took the lead early in the game, but Norwich grew into it, and peppered the goal with shots. After some second half substitutions, Norwich scored two, to cruise to a win, lifting them to 48 points, just nine shy of the play-offs, and all but safe.

Players are coming back from injury, and soon there won't be spaces in the team or the bench for them all.

Things are looking good for next season.