Friday 24 April:

Another dawn walk (Vauxhall Bridge/harbourside/Gaol Ferry Bridge)(see image) - definitely part of my self-isolation daily routine – and I love the fact that I don’t get mixed up trying to avoid pedestrians, joggers and cyclists at that time of day! Back home by 7am and poached eggs on toast+coffee for breakfast in the garden.

Artist friend Amy had set up some virtual sketching opportunities at Ashton Court Manor (using her photographs), so I spent about an hour drawing some roof timbers.

Managed to speak to Zabiullah by phone (it’s Ramadan). He seemed ok… sounded sleepy(!) and his only issue related to his painkillers (he’d run out and the pharmacist hadn’t yet received the repeat prescription from his doctor. All a little frustrating.

Also chatted to Ana via zoom, which was good and they seem in pretty good form – and have actually started jogging again (early Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings).

Made some modifications to my family history notes – on the basis of the extra details (and a few more photographs) received from Alan… and forwarded the revised versions to R+H+A.

Read in the garden during the afternoon and then watched “Easy Rider” DVD (while Moira’s bookgroup were zooming).