Mundane News

[Illaveago]

9 riders took part in this morning's ride. It was light grey and cool when we set off. It turned out to be a 20 miler, we stopped off halfway for tea and cake by which time it had got chilly. It was a pleasant ride with stops and long chats.

 

[Mike_P]

Getting windy again and its a chilly one.
Hospital finally sorted a prescription. Collected and then Sainsbury's again
Last day of the week app price offers and for once one on iced buns could be used.
Noted the hospital refurb works are still so located that the bike stands remain out of use with of course no alternate provision made.

 

[biggs682]

Evening cuppa went down well enough
Can't believe how it's Friday again tomorrow

 

[tom73]

Mrs 73 has had an interesting day back at work. The building she works in is owned by UKHSA with the NHS renting the ground floor. Due to limited space they don't have enough office space. So rent 4 desks up stairs of the UKHSA, today all the senior staff got called into a meeting to be told the UKHSA have decided they are not paying enough. They've given them 12 hours to move out, so Mrs73 monthly clinical management day has been spent helping out with the fall out. All the rotas have been changed as they can no longer have 2 staff on clinical management days. Ordering more laptops, some staff will need remote access to WFH, work mobiles for some staff need sorting.

The best bit is most of the UKHSA staff WFH so up stairs is empty most of the time, they've spent a lot of money refitting it , but down stairs it's falling to bits but they wont fix stuff inc sort out the peeling paint in the treatment rooms.

 

[classic33]

Morning.
Sunny here. There is a large gathering of over 20 crows in the trees opposite. A few fly in and out now and then. Probably chatting as to where they are going next?

Murder!

 

[Reynard]

A grey and clement enough day here chez Casa Reynard, with brief light showers from tea time onwards.

Once again, came up short on sleep. It seems that no matter what *time* I go to bed, my body clock will only allow me somewhere between five and a half and six hours. Gah. Good to hear that @Jenkins is making good use of the sleep I'm not using. So took a back to bed and spent some time writing and working with plot bunnies for a future chapter.

Clothes on at a more decent hour. Cleared the chores, topped up all the wood bins in the house and did some ironing. The latter included my white coat, as I need it again this weekend.

Had a lovely luncheon of a roll filled with polish sausage and cheese, had the last of the Nasi Goreng on the side, and then finished the last granola bar. So I shall probably make another batch tomorrow.

Watched the action from Aintree whilst eating, and then left it on while I did a bit more tidying up, stopping to watch the races.

At tea time I went into town to pick up some bits and pieces I needed. Firstly Tesco for milk, bananas and lightbulbs. Then to the adjacent petrol station for £20-worth. Filled a can to make up a batch of two-stroke for the chainsaw, and then made up to the £20 by putting some more in the car. Cost me £2 more to fill a gallon can than the last time I did that. On the way home, stopped off at Aldi for some herbal tea as they're cheaper than Tesco. Not by much now, that's gone up 35p since new year.

Had some luck on yellow sticker. Tesco yielded a litre of gold top Cornish milk, a large tub of tuna & sweetcorn sandwich filler, a fresh salt & pepper baguette from the ISB, and a roll of Bacofoil clingfilm from the green bins cos the box was squashed.

A lovely supper of a good chunk of that baguette along with some of the nice deli that's in the frigo, and a on the side. There's the last of the pear & almond crumble for later.

 

[Reynard]

Also need to add that I got some free onions in Aldi.

They had several cases of them, and gave me two kilos as I walked out of the shop. I will probably share them with my friend Linda. I see onion soup and onion bhajis on the horizon.