Had a full day on Thursday with a visit to a friend whose mother recently passed away. She had been a great fan of my book and the Moon. Then it was onto the Library for a light lunch with Caroline and her father before viewing some of the best books from the Lady Lockyer Bequest. We were left alone with them…for 3 hours instead of the usual one. The time was well spent in enjoying the glorious and exquisite illustrations in the botanical and Japanese books, reading extracts, and just generally enjoying being allowed to handle and browse the collection.
Iryna and Kara Malton gave a magnificent performance of a variety of songs and arias, with piano solos from Richard Lucas, who also accompanied them. The audience really lapped up the Cats’ Duet and, apparently, were still talking about that later in the day. I was just relieved that a reasonable number of people came and over £400 was raised for the church heating fund. With match funding, the total was well over £900. A great result.
And, to round off the week, I took a walk in the pale autumn sunshine and kept on walking, up and up, until I reached the top of Roundball Hill. This is something I have not done for too long and was really pleased that all the exercises I have been doing targeting my legs has paid off. It was a tad difficult coming down though with my muddy gloves bearing witness to a rather slippery bit. But I did not slip over completely and used my walking pole to aid my descent. I was surprised as to where the path emerged….evidently a new route has been added since I last lived here, or I had been using a less amenable route back but, now I know, I can venture up either way to the top.
Karen Hedges 