A very wet day

We woke to rain and we are going to bed to still more rain.

It was too wet to take Totty out this morning. I made poached eggs on toast for breakfast but as I had to use glass dishes to poach the eggs in (my poacher does not work on an induction hob) they were a little overdone but still tasted good.

We went along to my friend Carol as Jon was going to fit a panel heater on the wall for her. Unfortunately, she did not know what her wall was made of and Jon did not have the correct bit so he will get one from work tomorrow and finish it one evening after work.

Carol had baked scones for us and so we joined her for coffee and scones and it was very pleasant. It was lovely to sit in a house that has a heat pump and feel the warmth - I would love a heat pump. We chatted for a while and then we went home.

I prepared lunch early, just some soup, as we had to leave for the cinema by 2.00.

We drove into town through some heavy rain and managed to find a car park which was not too far away to walk in the rain.

Jon bought an ice cream and we went in. We were glad we booked yesterday as the cinema, which is very small, was very full and we would have ended up at the front which would have been too close.

The film. The Door, with Helen Mirren was not the best film I have ever seen and difficult to follow and some of the acting was pretty poor. I am not sure how well it was received in the UK. I came out feeling very unsettled.

On the way back to the car, still in the rain, we saw a young man lying on the floor and a lot of shouting. There were people around him and one on the phone so I didn't bother to find out what was happening and we carried on walking to the car park. An ambulance came down the street and turned into the car park. I knocked on his window and told him the man was down the street on the floor. He told us that they had been told to wait for police back up as the man had been reported as 'smashing windows with his fists' and not to approach. I will need to get the paper tomorrow to find out what it was all about. I am sure drugs or alcohol will play a part.

We got back home after stopping to buy two bags of firewood from the petrol station just in case we run out. I will need to chase up the firewood people tomorrow. No doubt the wood will now be wet after all this rain today!!

We had a cup of tea and Jon did the banking and I watched the Tribute to The Queen by Prince Charles and I really enjoyed it. It was so nice to see some lovely 'norma' family photos and cine films of them.

I cooked dinner Beef and Basil stir fry which was very good.

We watched the special episode of Coronation Street tonight 18 months behind. It wa really good but ended before they got Molly out!!! We now need to wait till Thursday!!! I know what happens but Jon doesn't.

More rain forecast for tomorrow and then three days of sun - hopefully.

WEATHER
Wet all day 15 degrees