Keith now has a half-decent painkiller to help with his sore neck and even sorer btm . . . Danny had a few words with him today (he of a calmer nature than mine!) My entreaties from yesterday had been listened to.
I had intended to have a respite day today and in view of having to send the Fuschia running shoes back, I needed to actually go and try some on and walk round in them in the shop. I couldn't find the shop Danny and I went to last time, but found another selling sports shoes and got myself a sensibly priced pair (with size 5 feet I can apparently buy childrens' sizes, which are cheaper! I went up half a size and the Nike ones I bought are broader and comfy and I did a short walk when I got home to trial them, and my bad foot feels SO much better now for being supported properly again. Cotton Traders summer daps just don't help your feet, comfy though they are.
I enjoyed my wander round Hereford, chanced a boughten sandwich from M&S for lunch (in the light of the recent E-Coli flavour sandwiches, I hoped M&S Prawn Mayonnaise might be a safer bet). I sat and ate them just a few feet from where Owen Tudor's head had once been parked (on the step of the Market Cross) following his execution after the Battle of Mortimer's Cross.
Then I needed (truly!) to go to Doughty's, the patchwork shop, to get soft cotton batting and an extra-wide backing for Gabby's quilt. Hmmm - £71 later! I think this is going to be her birthday AND Christmas present! I also spent £2 on a well-stuffed plastic ziplock bag with small bits of pink fabric. I want to make Iarna a little snuggle quilt for mornings on the sofa watching Bluey :)
I even had a decent drive there and back because the Council have blown the last of the 2023 roads budget and mended the A438 into Hereford so I didn't have to drive with my Pothole Radar on full alert. I listened to Sarum on the way back, the last book I got on Audible. It's 53 hrs long so great value for money!
Off to relax now. On my own here tomorrow again, so another challenge in the offing I fear.
