Shortly after that we missed a turning and ended up Bramley which was a bit out of our way. At this point we decided to head back so we didn't get to the source. We came vack via Burghfield and stopped off at the Cunning Man for a pint. Did about 31 miles in all. M had been to the dentist in Oxford. He hadn't been able to use what he normally uses to clean and polish her teeth because of the Covid rules so had to resort to old method of scraping. A bit of a lazy day on Tuesday. Found this river map site. Its got a lot of detail but I'm not sure what to do with it. Also tried this National Library of Scotland map site that Graham had mentioned. This was all on my phone so thought I'd try it on my laptop. It wouldn't boot up, which has happened before so pressed down the power button for a while which normally fixes it. This time it didn't though just came up with initiating automatic repair over and over again and couldn't switch it off. In the end I had to resort to phoning tech support. The guy was quite helpful but needed my serial number which I didn't have. There's a QR code on the laptop and you can use it to get into your acount with warrantee details and stuff but no serial number. He also had details of a previous call but the same there. It all seems very odd. I remember having trouble finding it when I first registered. Eventually I found it in a csv file in an old email. For future reference its R90VCESY. Anyway it was looking bad. The support guy was suggesting a factory reset which would lose data. He suggested taking it somewhere like Currys to get if backed up or arranging a site visit but they might not back it up. Anyway eventually it just started booting up. I did all sorts of checks after but no problems found. A close call. M did posh fish and chips for tea. We'd started watching the first Line of Duty on Sunday as hadn't seen before, so watched a few more episodes. Wednesday morning is when we currently do our house cleaning. This all started when I was asked to prepare  propsal for an in house towel strategy This was passed by the management committee with very few changes on 25th March just after lockdown started. As we were changing towels we thought we may as well clean the rest of the house. It is known as towel strangling day. Did some guitar playing in the afternoon and relearnt Sweet Black Angel, the Corey Harris version. Cooked a veg curry. Watched the end of Line Of Duty and started watching a French thing called Bureau that aeemwd quite promising. On Thursday did a ride out to Warren Row again with Andy as M wanted pictures of the tin church with out anyone in them for her Coley book.Stopped off at

Them cyclists cafe for a coffee.A very popular spot for an out of the way place. They have a novel way of bike parking.Came back via Aston and Henley. Stopped off for beer and sandwiches at Sonning lock. About 30 miles in all. Went swimming with M at 5. Not a good time to go as it seems the Rivermead shuts for the afternoon and does not reopen until 5 so had to queue. The good news was M was first in an empty pool. Laptop wouldn't boot up again in the evening. Thought I'd just let the battery run down. Tried to boot up again but same issue.

On Friday I had to go to the dentist for some filling maintenance. Had to wait outside in the rain until they were ready. Seems  bit OTT. The dentist and here assistant both wore full PPE including some sort of respirator mask which meant I couldn't really understand what she was saying. I've had some discomfort chewing and she found a crack in a tooth which was then filled. Went for a Mansfield Rd walk after organised by Roger. This involved my first post lockdown bus trip which was to Sonning Common. It looks like M's participation last week has changed the dynamic as Carolyn came this week with Paul and John. We came across this spring early on.

A lot of it was on or near places I've cycled along but never walked. If looks very different when on foot. Very picturesque.

We had lunch at the Bottle and Glass. They were only doing pizzas which I thought might be a bit much for my teeth so I asked if I could ear my sarnies which they were OK with. The pizzas looked good but slightly over done. Roger got us a bit lost on the way back and we ended up near the Lodden Brewery so had to stop for a pint. Decided to walk back along the river via Sonning. It ended up being 11.5 miles by my reckoning. A bit further than expected.

My laptop problem has now got worse. I let the battery run down and now I can't even switch it on. I also have a problem with my phone as its nearly fully and I cant seem to move stuff to the SD card. Made some gin on Saturday afternoon. We met Mandy for drinks in the outdoor but of the Oakford. Picked up an SD card on the way, they only had Doombar on real ale front so ended drinking Neck Oil and probably had one too many. Its only 4.3 though.

On Sunday tried the new SD card in my phone but still couldn't transfer stuff to it. In the end I downloaded a file manager and that allowed me to do it. No idea why it cant be done with the standard software. I then bottled the gin. Its quite dark in colour in spite of a lot of filterring.

Then we went for a walk to the Bel and the Dragon. Made some focaccia and a lamb casserole. Watched TV.