I had some paperwork to type up this morning, but the meeting wasn’t until 2pm, so I had plenty of time.

No, I didn’t. Of course not.

We have had repeated petty vandalism in the church over the past month or so. Children have taken to using it as a meeting place and they mess about. It cannot be proved who is doing what, so I won’t elaborate, but it’s getting to be more than a nuisance. More internal locks have been added and motion-activated cameras are installed. Until they were active, it was necessary to lock the church out of school hours, whereupon the locks were stuffed with bits of wood and the ancient oak door has been kicked until the joints started to open up.

Because of the pieces of wood in the lock, my fellow churchwarden couldn’t get her key out of it once she’d unlocked the door, so called me. I went down and managed to sort it out, then the Rector arrived and we discussed what to do. The police have been informed, there’s enough damage that it may come to an insurance claim and maybe more. Really a nuisance, we’re quite sorry for these disturbed youngsters but patience, discussion and kindness are not working and it’s escalating.

I finally managed the paperwork and then nipped off down to the deli for cake, to follow the meeting. There’s roadworks on the dam (that is, the road over the water meadows between here and Yagnub) so I had to go the long way round. As I came back, I saw the chairman walking through the village, so of course I stopped to pick her up. I wasn’t ready at home, but she helped put out water glasses, cups and saucers and it was all fine, though I’d missed lunch.

Also missed dinner, because I was out this evening too. I grabbed a chunk of cheese to eat on the way. Lovely, convivial get-together in a beautiful garden, so I was glad I’d bothered to go and I ate more cheese when I got home. Today has been a regrettably vegetable-free day, though I did have quite a lot of fruit to partially make up for it. Wink and I need to leave the house soon after 9am tomorrow, too. Why does everything come at once?