A busy Wednesday

We are up by seven to a sunny morning, I breakfast on boiled eggs and toast, with my usual black coffee. I shower, dress and leave the house by nine o'clock to take the dogs on the common, it is cooler and cloudier today, with a steady breeze out of the southeast. The cooler weather suits Norman and he trots on behind me happily, as we make our way round our usual loop. After dropping the terriers back in Cherry Burton, we drive to Beverley and park down North Bar, before walking to the Poppy Seed Cafe. Felicity and Hanne are already in residence when we arrive and Thelma, Jill, Annie and Rosemary Major arrive in quick succession and soon the conversation is flowing. Seeing all her friends cheers Felicity up greatly, but by eleven thirty she is tired and I fetch the car and drive her home, the long way, across the Westwood. After dropping her off, I park down Albert Terrace and then walk to my barber's down Windmill Walk, but arrive too late, they close for a half day at noon on Wednesday. Norman and I walk through town, where I buy some granular feed and weed for the lawn and then make my way back to the car and drive home. We make schnitzel, salad and oven chips for lunch and then mow the lawns front and back, spread the feed and weed and water it in, using a sprinkler. While the lawn is having a good drink, I make a start on tidying up the garage, in preparation for dismantling my old wall unit and desk, before disposal at the tip. At half past four, I drive to the leisure centre to meet Sam, Laura and Rebecca, who has her swimming lesson at five. Laura and I will swim together while Becky has her lesson, so we change and push our way through the hordes of parents conducting children to their classes. I am dismayed to find that there is only one lane for public swimming, but decide to make the best of it and fit into the rotation system specified on a board at the end. We haven't been in the water very long, when a lifeguard comes and apologetically tells me that the lane is adults only until half past five. We climb out, shower, change and then buy hot chocolate in the cafe, where we are joined a quarter of an hour later by Sam and Rebecca and then sit and chat until six. I arrange to pick up Laura from school tomorrow and bring her back to Tickton for dinner, having heard I had schnitzels for lunch, she wants me to make them again tomorrow. They are her absolute favourite. On my way home, I call at the supermarket and buy some more salad to accompany tomorrow's dinner. Back home I supper on Camembert, olive and sundried tomato bread and a glass of wine. Later I book my hotel in Lippstadt for July, at Haus Sonnenschein, (Sunshine house), and then read a chapter of my book before bedtime.