Hah, well, the son apologised for getting it wrong. We move on.

Main achievement of the day has been some of the ironing. I’ve ironed all the napkins and pillowcases, plus my clothes. 7 tablecloths, 5 king sized duvet covers and a pile of Tim’s shirts and trousers to go. By the time that’s done, of course there will be another pile of washing to be dealt with.

Otherwise, I’ve been taking commission bids for the auction. There seems to be quite a lot of interest this year, which is encouraging, but of course I don’t know yet how it will go overall. I don’t tend to worry overmuch if I can’t do anything about it, so feel fairly relaxed.

Having been talking about favourite cookery books, I’ve looked at some of them again and am enthused by recipes that I haven’t cooked for some time, but which are well worth revisiting. Tim has, similarly, remembered books he loves and maybe hasn’t looked at enough recently. Mind you, I’ve got my eye on a few more books because there’s no such thing as too many cookbooks. It’s the way they’re written as much as the recipes, isn’t it?