Yesterday being a clear day on both of our calendars, we set off for an expedition. Thgere's a shop specialising in boules stuff in Bardwell, north of Bury St.Edmunds, and I wanted some "circles" that are too big to send by post. Those are the 50cm diameter plastic circles that you stand in to throw, and also very useful for practice.
We stopped in Bury St.Edmunds for lunch and a walk around including the Abbey Gardens.Nostalgic because we used to live in Bury and it's where we met. Then on to Bardwell, successful purchase of circles, and back home again. About an hour and a half driving each way, and that's a lot more than I've done since the lockdown arrived. At one point on the way back the car said "Driver Fatigue Alert! Stop and get some rest!" - not easily done halfway along a motorway (the M11). So I kept going and felt a bit fresher after a while. But no doubt that I was getting tired and that nudge from the car helped even though I couldn't follow the advice.
Got home, played online backgammon (this is not a good week for me - only won one game so far), stripped the meat of the remains of last weekend's slow-cooked chicken, used the Thermomix to turn it into a sort f pate with lots of herbs and an egg, then combined that with mashed sweet potato and made patties which fried off nicely. Served them with country veggies for dinner, and that went down well. I've kept the bones etc. which I'll use to make a fragrant herby stock tomorrow - good base for another soup or a risotto. And then the fatigue hit...
Crashed out for the whole evening. Put the TV on in my study and can't remember a thing about it. Had some quite vivid dreams - unusual for me at the best of times, but almost unheard of during a snooze rather than proper overnight sleep. Now 01:32, post-shower, and I'm feeling wide awake again. The curse of the natural-born night owl!
Not much in the diary for later today - make that stock and then boules at Ongar in the afternoon - so that should help to re-adjust myself after yesterday. After that I've got medical appointments of one kind or another for most of the next week.
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