On Tuesday morning M went to the hairdressers. I cycled to the docs with my urine sample then headed over to Tilehurst to put some finishing touches to my walking route. When I got to no 81 I found that Madeline was at home with a fever and the nursery had phoned to say Owen also had a fever so Amy had gone to pick him up. Finished my walk just as it started raining. Did about 4.5 miles. Had a cup of tea and a homemade pumpkin muffin and cycled back dodging more rain. A rare away win for URZ in the evening beating Exeter 2 1. It was out with the old and in with the new on Wednesday.
Madeline was back at nursery but not Owen so we popped over in the afternoon and took him to the park. He was back on Thursday so we went swimming in the morning. Then I trimmed back the jasmin so people can actually get to the front door. Went to Al Poyner's retirement do in The Market House late afternoon. Probably hadn't seen him for about 20 years. He's still playing guitar and has quite a lot of stuff online on various platforms. Tony was supposed to come over on Friday afternoon for a rehearsal but he had to cancel due to a covid relapse so as a result I didn't do much except change the strings on the Yamaha. On Saturday went to watch URZ beat Bristol Rovers 1 0. They struggled towards the end even though the gas were down to 10 men. Up to 5th. In the evening did the sound at RSAC for Satin Beige supported by Ciara Vizzard. Both really good. Clocks went back on Sunday. Popped into RSAC again in the morning to finish up doing the sound and tidying up for The Sunday Alternative. Went up to see SET in the afternoon. Hadn't seen Edith for a month or so and her vocabulary has really coming on and she's almost walking. Went out for pizza early evening and a new place called Crust and Wine. Excellent pizzas and a great evening.
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Went to see URZ beat Burton Albion 3 1. Managed to sneak my drink in to my seat. On Wednesday morning we went swimming. A woman in the slow lane had a panic attack when she was out of her depth. She was holding on to the lane divider. M tried to help but the woman was pushing her under so she had to stop. Eventually a lifeguard came in and we all had to get out. M was a bit shaken up but we carried on swimming for another 5 mins or so. I hadn't quite realised how the pool bottom is layed out. It doesn't slope but there are 2 flat sections with a sloping divider. So it suddenly gets deeper hakf way along. We picked up Madeline and Owen from nursery and drove over to no 81 for James's birthday tea. Amy's short ribs and carrot cake. On Thursday evening I went to Oxford to see Police Dog Hogan in St Barnabas church. Excellent gig, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, accordian, mandolin, fiddle, keyboards, double bass, electric bass, drums, percussion, recorder, trumpet and lots of harmonies. The first set was all done round a single mic. Great stuff. Drove down to St Mawes on Friday morning. Took ages as the M4 was closed. JAMO got there just before us. Fine view from the bedroom showing the marquee at which the reception for the wedding they are going to will be held.
On Saturday we looked after the kids whilst they were at the wedding. Found a park which helped amuse them. Went out for lunch on Sunday followed by the park and later a walk on the beach. I had a paddle.
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