Catley day

The Forecast was rain and gales so we planned a day in. After the usual-for-Gatley slow getting up, we walked to the Coop for Guardian, milk and alcohol - the stuff of life.

L had a poetry zoom, N wrote a first draft of episode 1 of The Discussion Group, then it was lunchtime. Barney really enjoyed having us both here all day - the feeding on demand functioned well.

The afternoon disappeared with reading and resting. We cooked in again because we've had enough of eating out for a while. Then Strictly and two episodes of The Reluctant Vampire with Lenny Rush (he carried it). The cat sleeps soundly beside us, now we've stopped sitting in his favourite space. 


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