Current stash

I couldn’t decide whether to blip my current stash of books or my dinner. The books won as I’m having a lazy afternoon after our hectic few days. (The dinner is going to be a Fresh India recipe for paneer, tamarind and mango salad with coriander).

I’m having quite a bit of knee pain so have been swallowing painkillers in the hope that will minimise it for tomorrow’s “walk with Ailie challenge”. I’ll pick her up at 9am so that we get a parking place in Alwinton to head for the Cheviots. We’ll take plenty water and also take our time and it’s several miles uphill before a boggy stretch then downhill. The sting in the tail is a 200 feet very steep climb towards the end then 1.5 miles on the road which is hard on hot feet.

Nathaniel had been on a photoshoot today (as his hair is long now) to update his spotlight photo.

Latest from #2 daughter’s adventures - yesterday they set off for Switzerland but realised they’d not taken passports so went to Austria instead. Today they went armed with passports - and weren’t asked for them. At least her clothing wasn’t questioned!

Halfway through Carrie Fisher. How bright, sarcastic, cool and funny she was.