The organist librarian

 The laptop has been extremely slow so I am now catching up days after the events! On 30th Ann and Paul came and we went to the Horniman. Some great improvements there especially in the Music gallery and British youth wildlife photographers. Picked up Henry from school and headed to Il Posto. A very nice meal - quite a long gap between starter and main so abandoned the idea of of going to hear Simon Johnson at WC.  Oct 1 set off for Lewes. Paul and I both drove to Charleston but in fact we were due at Charleston in Lewes. Sickert exhibition very good. Had an ice cream in the park. To Catholic church and then St Anne's across the road. Their hymn choices for harvest quite inappropriate. Drum next to organ. Met the priest and he had been with Gerard and Gerry Ewing that day! Premier Inn very good and had a nice meal. Oct 2 back to Charleston for tour of the house by an excellent guide who told us about Berwick church. We went to cafe at Anne of Cleves House and met Ed. He lives ...

 Thursday set off to Euston bus was slow and got to assistance in time. Magda was there. Train was 35 minutes late. No assistance at Manchester so walked ot taxi and to Luther King House. Buses and got to Chetham's library in time for 3 p.m. tour which was fascinating. Uber to Cloud 23. Great view, champagne and 3 kinds of tea. To bed early. Friday uber to Salford cathedral and he went past it! Found console appeared to be locked but in the end got the top open and I played for 5 minutes before the excellent tour. Stephen and Mary from Bath gave us a lift to Laudato Si' centre. Rained but enjoyed Emily's tour and Via Creationis led by Sr Joan. Lift to town and nice meal at Pizza Express 2 hours.  Saturday Sr Joan picked 4 of us up Bella went on buses. Sr Joan's talk on Franciscan prayer was excellent. Mgr Paul led Mass in the woods - inpsiring. I sang the psalm with 5 minutes notice of the text! Liz served. We got an uber for 5 to the station. Train delayed 35 minutes n...

 Tuesday 8th. Swim and had the middle lane to myself! It was bucketing outside!  To Milton Court for an outstanding final recital by Max Robbins. A varied programme Beethoven, Brahms, French, Finzi, Beach and Gershwin including dancing! To Two Brewers and returned for Ona Cerniauskaite’s recital Dvorak and Shostakovich with piano trio. Brightened a miserable wet day! Clare was there. Fell asleep listening to Schumann Prom! We went to the National Emergency briefing at Everyman cinema. I was at the original briefing at Westminster Central Hall. There were lots of good comments. It is really important that EVERYBODY sees this briefing as we are already in a serious situation. Write to your MP and push for this to be shown on national TV. Sewing Bee down to the last 3. Beth should win this! Wed 9th Swam 14. To Beck Meth for a funeral. I had to play 20 minutes of quiet music then there was a recording of Mozart Piano concerto no 9. A recording of a Welsh hymn (not sung by all!) D...

 Sept 2 swam 20 pool was quiet. A delightful visit to Tina and she liked the flowers and card. Her flat is lovely. Ended up giving us pasta and salami and coffee. To Halfords to get caps for tyres. Fell asleep watching Call my bluff and catching up on Sewing Bee! Painting the Psalms picture listening to Rachmaninov Piano concerto 3 form last night's Prom and Berlin Phil playing Enigma variations brought tears to my eyes then Tchaik 4. I spent some time sending emails about the interfaith event only to find that they were not sent. I thought tonight would be mu first Westminster Justice and peace commission meeting at Farm St but Anita knew nothing about it. I can't go to the study day so no idea when my first meeting will be!  Henry arrived at 8. He was tired from going to Oxford so British museum idea was abandoned nor would he go to my art group so I spent 3 hours clearing up the back garden and Henry cut back the rose. He watched Netflix and recorders and Vikings. Took 6 ba...

 ST Bartholomew. Chat to Ann. Took LIz up to get bus and checked the roundabout where I hit the pavement. There are black and white posts on the roundabout edge but not on the kerb I hit. There is a pedestrian crossing.  To the Garden museum which has a delightful reconstruction of part of Benton End which was an art school in Suffolk. I still think the refurbished Imperial War museum is awful and poorly designed. The exhibition about wartime London is good. Children in war covered a lot of ground but seemed confusing. I walked back through the first rooms but I seem to have missed a corridor to the other rooms. And where are the loos on floor 3? Very badly signposted. Fell asleep twice. Designed painting 3 and registered myself. Only connect, Mastermind, University challenge, Buried with Michael Sheen part 2. Tuesday woke early to the sad news that Harry Bramma had died at the weekendand there will probably have t be an inquest. Put the news on Facebook and contacted Christop...

  Had a disastrous day. Could not find one hearing aid (it was in the bin), knocked the car against a stupid pavement in the middle of Crystal Palace parade (cannot be fixed before the 26th - the car is juddering and no loan car available before Sept 1 - why pay for this insurance if you cannot have the help you need?) When I got to carers meeting (which was very helpful) my drink container from the cruise fell out of my bag, the top came off and the entire drink hit the carpet! I did get 3 canvases at the Works (the Whitgift centre is a desert) and pay in a cheque at the counter at Nationwide as the machine refused to take it because there was writing on the back of the cheque. Sorry from tomorrow it's Ubers and buses! Liz went to weaving. Tuesday 18th was much better. Rang Honda as back passenger left tyre flat - it had a split. AA breakdown came for the car. To Unacc as potential sponsor came. Marie does seated yoga and exercises - better than Triniti. Had a nice lunch. Chat to...