Clare's birthday today, so I got up early and arranged a birthday table for her cards and present opening after breakfast in the dining room. A miserable change in the weather. It rained consistently all day until mid evening. It was most frustrating as we planned a birthday lunch for Clare and Ann (whose birthday is next week) at El Puerto restaurant in the old Cardiff Bay Customs House building, with a walk along the Barrage afterwards. It was too wet to do anything, so we returned home for tea and an improvised birthday cake, consisting of a single Danish vegan apple nut and toffee pastry bought earlier in the day with a single candle on top. Just a few mouthfuls, but that was all we could manage after a delicious meal with very generous portions of meat and fish.
Clare was surprised by the number of digital greetings and phone calls she received from colleagues and friends, and it kept her quite busy later in the day responding to them, while attempting ot turn the collar and cuffs of my summer jacket, so that I have a spare one, rather than throwing it away. Meanwhile, Ann and I watched this week's episodes of 'Silent Witness' back to back and struggled to figure out the plot yet again this week.
As it had stopped raining, I went out for the third time in the day to get some birsk exercise before bed, this time without getting wet.
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