Fear God onlye

Here's some early C17th advice for anyone wandering up (or down) Gloucester Street in Edinburgh, as I did this afternoon. 

I enjoyed my walk in the warm autumn sunshine to visit the doctor, collect a couple of books from the library, and hunt for picture frames in the charity shops. My gym friend Stockbridge Ali (as opposed to Joppa Ali) recommended the books: Pity by Andrew McMillan and The offing by Benjamin Myers.

Most of the rest of the day I worked on a blog post about my visit to Girton College Cambridge to look at archives related to Lorna Lloyd on 21st August 2024. I didn't quite manage to finish it today. I will share the link once the post is live.

The other excitement of the day was to receive an interesting offer for one of the lots that failed to sell at auction a couple of weeks ago. I decided to reject it, only for the potential purchaser to up his/her offer for the item! I wonder if they might be tempted to go any higher? We'll probably find out tomorrow...

Exercise today: 1 hour on the exercise bike; 30 minutes of running intervals; walking (17,803 steps including run).