Southwark Refuse turned up very rapidly - I managed to drag the cupboard out and it was gone later on Monday, having emailed them on Sunday.
Lunch at the new Photographer's Gallery in Ramillies St. They have a good little cafe there serving salads and snacky lunches, and rather delicious home-made cakes and coffee. Managed to get a Lapsang tea which was great. There was an exhibition upstairs by Jim Goldberg, about displaced people, refugee camps and general itinerancy. It was good, if rather depressing. My friend is three quarters through a vile course of treatment for hepatitis C, due to finish at the end of May. Despite this, and apart from weight loss, she isn't looking bad, and we shall meet up again soon. I saw two men I immediately recognised as well known actors there, but absolutely couldn't think of their names. It is quite a little oasis in that busy part of town and a good meeting place.
Romy back yesterday, and we staggered off to purchase raffle prizes at Selfridges after a rapid lunch at Frankie's. For some reason I was totally knackered before we started, so we cut things short at about 4 pm and headed off to unload things at my house. We agreed we had not purchased enough presents for men, so today we shall set forth to Marks & Spencer in Fenchurch Street to finish our shopping.
This morning I received an email from Pierre in Canada with several photos. Seems their gaff in Vancouver Island was beset by wind recently, and they heard a crack in the middle of the night. In the morning they discovered a huge pine tree had fallen, the top end crashing into a glass extended roof on the side of their house. I do hope no more of the many pines around their house are tall enough for this to happen again. It is a wonder no one was hurt, and will take ages and cost a fortune to clear up.
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