We had to leave our holiday cottage this morning by nine thirty, earlier than would be usual, as nowadays, cleaners have to come in and sanitize the place before the next occupants arrive. We left on time and the weather was kind for the uneventful return trip. After crossing the bridge back into Wales, we called at Magor service station, and noticed that mask wearing was prevalent, though far from universal despite the difference in Welsh legislation, driven by infection rates remaining high.
A letter was waiting for each of us at home with back to back appointments for the Pfizer booster vaccine on Bonfire Night. I had an email from Ziwei Gao a student at RWCMD to arrange a briefing before the choir she's conducting sings for the All Saints Day Mass on Sunday. We're going to meet in St German's on Saturday morning. It's going to be an interesting challenge for me to explain the liturgical setting of William Byrd's music to someone of a different culture with no experience of Christian liturgy.
I cooked lunch while Clare organised the five loads of washing necessary after a fortnight away and then collected my medication from the pharmacy in the first of two trips to the shops. There were several batches of photos to upload via our faster more stable internet connection, although it took two reboots of the router and the computer to re-establish the connection after a fortnight's down time.
We watched a live one-off performance of 'Mrs Brown's Boys' and this week's 'Have I got news for you', also live, both rather crude and lacking subtlety. A waste of time really. Early bed would have been more beneficial.
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