Late all day

Still cool cloudy and windy, but it warmed up mid afternoon when the sun put in a brief appearance. If it's not bright and sunny when I wake up, there's no incentive to get up and get going and enjoy the morning, so we get up late and everything else we did was then an hour later than usual. Just as well neither of us had appointments today. 

Clare went into town, and I cooked lunch, anticipating her return an hour late. There was a large piece of frozen coley to cook, so large that it needed immersing in warm water several times to separate the pieces for cooking, and that added an extra half hour to lunch making, which took care of half the lateness. With as much luck as skill, brown rice, veg and fish were perfectly cooked and ready to eat when Clare arrived.

I spent time before cooking listening to and editing birdsong recordings made in L'Escala and here locally. One from our back garden revealed the presence of a chiffchaff and a blackcap in addition to the sounds of robin, thrush, blackbird, sparrow and wood pigeon we're used to hearing. Two small garden birds I didn't know are there. I took a photo of a tiny brightly coloured butterfly and was rather annoyed that the TZ95 autofocus didn't work fast enough, so the picture is blurred. I think it's a skipper or something similar.

After lunch I went into town, walking part of the way and taking a bus going and returning. I wanted to see if the new bus station was still closed, as the local press announced a few days ago that it had been closed, no reason given, buses diverted. It had been reopened, but no report of this had appeared in my news feed. A new Starbucks' cafe has opened in a vacant retail unit beside the Wood Street entrance. I didn't notice this when I was last there. Useful if you have half an hour to wait for the next bus. As ever, the city centre was busy with holiday makers and citizens starting the weekend early. 

I popped into John Lewis' to check what Kindle models they had in stock. Clare's much used Kindle needs charging often now, every couple of days. It's getting on for five years old, so it's not surprising. Likewise my Windows laptop. The most recent Kindle has a charge life of of six weeks, so it's probably time to replace Clare's, so she doesn't need to take a charger with her when she travels. Anyway there's a selection of different models now, and I think it would be best for her to go in a choose one to suit her.

After supper, I went out and walked for half an hour to complete my daily distance, as I felt too stiff and tired to do so when I returned from town. Then I watched this week's new episode of Panda, and the rest of the evening just slipped away imperceptibly