Early bonfire night

Another overcast day. A good long night's sleep as the light wasn't strong enough to wake me early. Still feeling fragile and disconnected starting the day. After breakfast we went to the Eucharist at St Catherine's. Sion thanks me for taking Wednesday's service, and had to be corrected. He hadn't read the Daily Prayer WhatsApp message I left from A&E, and I forgot to report this to him personally, as he was away for the week in Bologna. Embarrassing. We were again just over thirty in church, as there's no Sunday school for the two half term weekends.

After lunch I slept for an hour and a half and woke up feeling normal and refreshed for the first time since Monday last. A review of my sleep record for this past five days shows that the amount of extra sleep I've had, both night and afternoon is just about equal to the amount of sleep I lost that night in A&E. I expect to get on average about seven and a half hours sleep, but a run of below average nights of sleep can leave me feeling slightly light headed, and not fully alert. I'm wondering if my expected sleep average should be set higher, as it seems I need more sleep and regular to maintain a modestly active lifestyle these days.

We walked in the park for an hour then returned for tea and cake when it got dark. Then we went out again to visit the annual bonfire in St Catherine's Church garden. There were dozens of young children with their parents and and impressive fire blazing fifty feet from the church west door. I took both my Panasonic TZ95 and my Olympus Pen cameras with me, to try out their nighttime settings. The photos I got were a mixed bunch from both. None of the night time customised settings delivered good pictures handheld but the automatic settings did with a little coaxing. The quality of the Olympus images was a cut above the Panasonic, something to remember for next time.

There were hot dogs and a drink available in the church hall, and after a brief time chatting with people we returned home for supper and the Archers, then writing until making a effort to get ready for bed by ten thirty.