Saturday 2nd June 18

Cycled to Easingwold. Set off at 10.15 and got there 11.25, it's almost exactly 15 miles. Said hello to the Lions who had put the event on, got changed and put my battery on charge. Entertained from before midday til about 4.45.

Cuppa, got changed, visited nearby Coop, and came home

Sunday 3rd June 18

Up early to get to town for a Cycle Campaign photoshoot.

Big garage clear out.

Monday 4th June 18

A good day as I got a few things done in the garden including riddling some turf-loam, and found five newts in the rolls of turf!  Howard helped move a load of Ben's turf rolls in sacks, so I can make a turf wall.

Gill got a message to say that the planned operation on the 25th was to be moved forward to the 14th and would we like to go in on Wednesday to chat about it?

Tuesday 5th June 18

Today's main out-of-house activity was going to Lord Deramore's with Toby for him to see the new library; he was one of the two pupils who opened the first library when he was the youngest child in the school, and he took in a commemorative photo which showed him as a very small boy, with the eldest child in the school.

I chatted with Annette Lee, one of the teaching assistants who was in the school when our kids went through it. Updated her with the situation.

I cycled down to see someone called Diana who wants her lighting on the top of her house sorting out - I think my ladder would reach. Agreed to do it in July.

Came back via Cycle Heaven and Alligator.

Wednesday 6th June 18

Went with Gill to the hospital to see the surgeon. Long talk with him to look at all the options, at the end of which it was decided to do a bilateral mastectomy on 14th June.

Gill went for a blood test and then home on the bus and I cycled home, stopping for a short time at Joy's.

Planted another batch of climbing beans. Picked up second batch of coconuts for the Green Party coconut shy at Pride on Saturday.

Thursday 7th June 18

Bus day; 10.30am start at St Helen's Square with Michelle, who used me as a photographer for over an hour in the Mansion House, and paid me £10 as well as a quick cuppa at El Piano.  I then went to deliver flyers for the WNBR to Cycle Heaven only to find Jon R had already done it.

I then went to a photoshoot at Clifford's Tower about the successful defeat of the planning application to build a visitor's centre at the base of the steps, which Johnn Hayes fought, using £60k of his own money. Crowdfunding has got £18k of that back... but he's still £42k down.

Home for a quick lunch and then at 3 off to Claire Kennard's to prune her tree, also did some the other side and I was really pleased with the job - and was paid £70 for that.

At home I had tea, a brief sleep and then a phone call with a NTHE-er called Mischa and a Zoom with Athena who was doing some research.

Difficult evening with the offspring.

Friday 8th June 18

Tang Hall Road Safety campaign meets St Nicks, then phtoshoot, then train trip with Jon Reeton, then met Janie for a short cuppa, then Manchester WNBR.