Friday, December 05, 2025

Cistern, club and go.

1. We've got water of some kind -- the sound of the loo cistern filling is pretty good to hear this morning.

2. Susan has invited to us a concert in her London club. It's glorious, with high ceilings, a vast marble staircase and ornate tiling and stately, lumbering old-fashioned furniture. Past members look down on us from larger-than-life formal portraits -- some do seem to be challenging our presence, but others seem more benign. 

3. A passing French man tells us that we should walk past the no entry sign and look at the pictures if that's what we want to do.

Winter is passing, toad in the hole and mulled wine.

1. It is cold (although less chill than it has been) and cloudy (although less grey than it has been) and a robin sings loudly from the top ...