If you’ve read the reports of my other social visits with M, you’ll know it’s never been straightforward arranging but always well worth the time and effort.

This week’s contacts with M in numbers - two attempted visits - one earlier in the week called off due to likely ice (she lives at the top of a steep hill that was probably ungritted); today’s didn’t happen either as she was expecting a GP visit which had been rearranged too.

Three chats on the phone with M, one with her daughter in law who was checking in on her when I rang. M was so pleased to have a talk this evening and we pencilled in a possible time for next week’s visit and she absolutely loved the suggestion of having a natter on Christmas Day. It was a call that I think made both of our days.

In lieu of a photo of our kitchen which isn’t that photogenic, a couple of a Blackheath sunrise earlier in the week ….including Marathon Oak.