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 Cancelled swim and took Liz to doctor.  To Croydon council chamber for Holocaust Memorial Day. The school children were very good especially the violinist and singer. Generation2generation presentation. Lesley Orbach. Both to meditation - a lot there. Journey to 2030 teams meeting was good. Inside the cereals factory, A house through time - excellent series. Wednesday 28th January took Liz to get blood test at Mayday. Swim - Roger the blind guy was in the middle lane with signs up. They moved him to the slow lane just after I got out! To Beck Meth to practise for Sunday - Harry has had a fall. We had lunch and took jigsaws back to the hospice shop. No 500s available. Had a rest. NT Hamlet live at David Lean cinema. It’s just brilliant! Thursday to art. Buddha and giraffe going to library exhibition. Arrived at aerobics to find Morgana taking it so walked out. Cheltenham prayer. Took Liz so she could drive at Westow Park.  To the cinema museum to see Mission Joy with the ...

 Monday 12 Jan nice chat to Ann. The bathroom is postponed. Ann says the dust and mess are awful. We don't need this when Liz is unwell and we are both going to have to stay home. I cancelled swim. Neil Thorns from CAFOD at excellent SDEN zoom. SM meditation good. Only connect, Celebrity mastermind, University challenge. Tuesday wet. Hot cough mixture from chemist and saw Patsy. Got Salt path jigsaw out again. At 8 a.m. bathroom guy turned up after it had been postponed! Facilitators zoom good. Cancelled going to quiet time.  Enjoying Gottingen SO New Year concert conducted by Australian Nicholas Milton on You tube from Concertgebouw. Good chat to Clare. A house through time is excellent London and Berlin. Chip factory. One man two governors from NT hilarious - great to watch it again. Wednesday another quiet day and it was fine. Animal park. Evensong Ebor singers from York. Started trying to set up a slideshow. First problem is changing a CD track into MP3. Gresham lecture on...

 Monday 8th chat to Ann, Passport photo and he gave me a discount as I never used the ones taken last April. Swim. SDEN zoom about Advent was a delight. Phoenix centre Christmas party Sanderstead handbells so lovely and we won 3 raffle prizes. Now have 3 bottles of Baileys! Only connect, Mastermind, University challenge.  Tuesday to hearing aid clinic - they no longer give out tubes so emailed Guys for them, Bought 5 raffle tickets. Beck meth felt very odd with the curtains taken down! Animal park Christmas special 2020. Loved Cor y Boro Christmas concert for cancer charities. Lovely singing, string quartet, lovely food, great people. Wednesday to Westminster Abbey for a wonderful service for Advent.  Thanks to Terence for telling me about this service. Matthew Martin O Rex gentian, Joubert There is no rose, Coptic and Syriac Orthodox choirs. Address by Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe. Wonderful to see the churches and other faiths there. The King gives such a strong lead. Del...

  Beckenham Methodist went well and the congregation sang the new hymn quite happily. I played Martin How’s Advent prelude, Walther Wachet auf, Bairstow and Sumsion on Veni Emmanuel. I was asked if I had improvised the latter. No chance said I not that clever! Good sermon from Revd Jonathan mentioning Oscar Romero and Mother Theresa on the theme of justice. Christingle at SJ and kids sang well. Bruce off to Peterborough. Lovely Advent carols at St John the Evangelist Upper Norwood. Fr John having fun on the organ. Advent carols from St John’s Cambridge was excellent. Celebrity race around the world reached Costa Rica and Panama. Strictly. Johannes out. Disappointed that Oremus did not publish interfaith group ideas for next year. Monday woke late. Ann away and no wifi. Swim, aerobics and went to Balham to meet Julian. Battle to pay congestion charge. Only connect, Mastermind, University challenge, why civilisations fall. Working on Christmas letter. Tuesday woke late again. Swim an...

  Two Sundays when I am not playing. To St John Upper Norwood Jackson in G, Bainton And I saw a new heaven. Marilyn Harper played Bach Prelude and fugue in G. What a treat! At evensong we sang Noble in B minor and Te lucis Balfour Gardiner. Ian le Grice was playing. Bruce came and Dennis and co brought pizza. Strictly and Antiques roadshow. Matthew Bourne on Swan Lake. Monday chat to Ann woke late, Cancelled swim and aerobics. To Wickes Wimbledon to look at bathroom options. Chat to Claire. Copying for interfaith group. Northern dioceses envirnmental group addressed by Sister Joan. Liz to UCM so transported her there and back. Henry came for dish which I had already taken to his house so took them home. Call my bluff, Face the music, University challenge, Only connect. Tuesday Liz to Guys and it was a shorter ession. Swim. Enjoyed The Estate NT at home. To carers meeting and some new people. Back home for a bite then to Bernard Weatherill House for first Croydon climate forum wh...

 To UNACC Triniti not there so picked up Liz and took our ladder so I could put up the 3 pictures and change the clock (after 2 weeks!) back. Nice lunch. To Dulwich gallery and saw the new entrance and kids area and building from outside. Anna Ancher: painting light excellent film and some lovely works. Shop disappointing. Why did they not use the cornfield painting? Sainsburys. To Picturehouse West Norwood.  the film “The Choral”. It’s moving and touching. I feel emotionally wrung out and Gerontius is my favourite choral work. Ranulph Fiennes excellent and the Alan Bennett script is perfect. Hamza's wildlife series so good. Saturday To Shabbat service at South London liberal synagogue and Liz was invited to read a prayer. Georgina spoke about hurricanes in the Caribbean. Did you know there are synagogues in Jamaica? Fell asleep watching the recording of the Lady Mayor's parade! Oh dear this is grumpy organist again! To Mass this evening. Good points communion under both kinds...