The organist librarian

To York Gardens library for farewell to Angela. Met her husband and sister and brother-in-law. A nice do - Meryl and Jane there. Chatted to Philomena Menton. Then walked to the Beehive pub in St John's Hill to meet Chris Tew - a Fullers pub so drank London Pride. A good chat about music and family history.

To swimming 20 as some twinges in back. Saw Andrew who had had a good time in France and off to the Cotswolds. He says Adrian is leaving the choir school and others may follow. The last interview was an interesting high-powered art teacher and painter. Chat to Angela about counselling - she feels I have so much to offer I should think bigger. Met Gillian in street so went for a cappuccino with 2 of the English conversation group one from Japan one from Italy and Dawn. To tai chi and saw a DVD of the form - we have only learnt a third of the it! To Gillian's with Liz to watch DVD of "Where angels fear to tread" which is excellent and faithful to the book. Lovely top floor flat in Prince of Wales Mansions overlooking the park. Marie, Elena, Graham and Celine from the reading group were there. The 12% white wine sent me off to sleep at one point but we did enjoy the film and the chat.

A glorious sunny day so I sat in Battersea Park at lunchtime and read "Oremus" and "Choir and organ". Just a slight chill in the shade to say that summer is ending and autumn is coming. My "Tablet" subscription has expired so I have missed the last 3 issues. However I won a bottle of wine on the crossword and Dennis has marked it that it can only be opened when both sons are present. I wonder when that will be? In fact I am feeling a bit "after the Lord Mayor's show"! When's the next holiday - October half-term? Christmas is looming already! Louise and Tom will be in Ireland for that this year. We will sing at Windsor again. There are quite a lot of Chorus concerts coming up some of which are not very exciting! The Foulds World Requiem promises to be memorable. There are trips to Belgrade and Istanbul next year and lots of lovely Dvorak. Dennis has sorted out some books to get rid of (at last!) and has returned to Sligo. Went to York libr...