Saturday.

Took the above two photos of the centre of our town yesterday morning whilst doing a little shopping. The above one is of our market place (Friday morning being market day). Didn't buy anything, although there is butcher from Woodbridge who has one of the market stalls and sells the quite superb pork pies he makes. Still, as Ann reminded me we are trying to lose weight, so resisted temptation. The shop to the right of the lower picture is our local hardware store. The present owners have had the shop since 1823 (it was probably four centuries old when they took it on). They keep a really good selection of stock (much of it very old stock) and the staff take a pride in finding whatever is wanted, so I almost invariably purchase something when I walk through this shop.

The top photo is of a thoroughly dramatic sky I took late one evening this week. As the poet Belloc said of the Papa's proposed purchase of the yak 'I cannot be quite certain which' (evening this week that is). Being called upstairs to supper now, so will wish you all a very good night.