Fairly quiet day on Monday. Popped into town and tidied up the wisteria at the end of the garden. Took the car in for its MOT and service on Tuesday. Did a ride out to  Blue Tin Farm on Wednesday. Good ride but a bit chilly so no pub stop. M went to the BRO. Went to the Grumpy Goat in the evening with Kevin, Adrienne and Penno. It closed at 10 so went on to the Ale House. Did a Terry Dixon guided walk of Coley on Thursday morning. M went up to London in the evening for a spads reunion. I went to see a cycling film called A Sunday In Hell at South St with Kelvin, Andy and Stuart. It was about the Paris - Roubaix race in 1976. Really good. Had a couple of pints in the Turks afterwards. M went to the BRO on Friday morning and we went swimming in the afternoon. Went to watch URZ beat Blackpool 3 1 on Saturday with Ralph and Andy. The score flattered us a bit and it was not much of a game but 3 points is 3 points. Watched the first part of the Beatles Get Back documentary in the evening. George has left the band. Did a bit of pruning in the garden on Saturday. Moved the router down to the front room so we can have a wired connection to the TV. Madeline is definitely walking now. 

More work in the garden on Monday with a trip to the tip. Lots of red kite activity in the afternoon. Must have been about 10 at one point. Repaired a bit more broken fence on Tuesday. There's a very tame blue tit that's been feeding on the seeds on the Judas tree for the last few days. It seems to be the only bird that's recognised them as a food source.

On Tuesday I put a new fence post in with help from Kelvin (it broke in storm about a year ago). If was a really nice day, cold but sunny and great to spend it outdoors. Finished of the fence on Wednesday apart from sawing off the top of the post. Sawed off the top of the post on Thursday and the next one to make them the same. Fixed up the trellis and put it back up and repaired the raised beds.

Its time to get active again after a relaxing week due to knee trouble and cold weather so did my 5 hills ride on Monday morning. I was fine on the ride but my knee was a bit saw afterwards. In the evening the boiler stopped working. Called a CH man out on Tuesday and the problem seemed to be related to a blocked cold feed into the system from the header tank. Heard that Graham Bates had covid. Went to the Butler in the afternoon to check out the function room. Sally had her other scan.

Young Wise-Ounsley

Lazy day on Wednesday. Went for a ride out to The Four Points with Kelvin and Stuart on Thursday and had first Thursday drinks in the Greyfriars in the evening. Maybe had 1 too many so had a bit of a lie in on Friday. I've had a tickly cough for a few days and also a bit of a loss of taste so thought I'd better do a covid test. I was negative. Went for a swim in the afternoon. My knee seemed fine after both the ride snd the swim. I helped with the sound at RASC in the evening. It was a gig for independent venues week. I got a T-shirt this time. They had them last year but they'd missed RSAC off so I didn't bother. First band were As Loud As A Mouse. I'd seen them before at Double Dot Bash. They're billed as a 2 piece. Guitarist and singing drummer. Each time I've seen them they've had a separate drummer though. The first time it was because the drummer/singer had been in a car crash but now he has MS. I like them. Next were This, bass, drums, keys and guitarist/singer. A full echoy sound. Finally Cities in Dust, bass, drums, guitarist and singer with some laptop stuff going on. Good sound and good songs. Heard whilst I was there that Tony was in the Royal Berks having had a mild heart attack. Drove over to Tom and Sally's on Saturday. Watched England lose to Scotland at the rugby, went down the Green Goddess for a couple of pints and then back for an excellent meal. On Sunday did a walk along the river in the winter sunshine and took photos to prove it.