Overcast and rainy today. Routinely, at least a couple of times a week we get automated scam calls about an Amazon Prime account payment issue. Neither of us have such an account, and I have resisted using Amazon services altogether so far. This morning's call was at nine o'clock. Normally we let the scam call carry on until it times out after a minute of no response from us. Today the recording went through twice, then the voice of a live operator could be heard. Normally you have to press button one to summon a live operator, but not on this occasion. I disconnected rather than challenge the caller. It may have been a system fault on the part of the robotic scam routine, or is it a change of tactic? We'll see, next time we get another nuisance call like this.
I joined ten others for the St Catherine's midweek Eucharist. No more services in church now until 11th November under the latest Welsh lock-down restrictions. None for me in any case, due to self-quarantine. Given the continued seriousness of the infection spread, I wonder how long it will be before my postponed op is cancelled again.
This afternoon Clare and I went out to harvest crab apples from the two trees ready for picking in Llandaff Fields. This year less fruit seems to have grown on lower branches, calling for extra effort to stretch up and pull down laden branches. It began to rain while we were picking, but we didn't get too wet under the trees, and came away with about two kilos of fruit. Clare stripped off stalks and I cut them up, prior to stewing them for a couple of hours before loading the straining bag to hand overnight. A happy occasion despite the rain, and undoubtedly stiff limbs and back tomorrow.
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