New boots

Felt significantly improved, after a good night's sleep. Have more energy, and the gloom with this bug has also lifted. Managed a walk this morning, walking into town with Lorraine, who had to collect antibiotics for Pat. I went on to walk along by the sea, which was lovely and enlivening. Dramatic skies, and I snapped the shot below of some hardy swimmers clambering out of the sea after being in the little sauna on the seafront. 

Spoke to Anton and Mum.

Home and having finished my Arthur Machen book, took delivery of another one, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories, published by Oxford Classics. There is some duplication, of stories with the other anthology, but this has some key stories Penguin's The White People didn't contain. 

Also delivered were new walking boots, again I used Chat GPT to request the best walking boots for people with overpronation, and it suggested a reasonably priced pair from Merrell, who I've had two lots of shoes from before. But these are much more comfortable for me. Ended up taking them for a stroll, so that I actually reached ten thousand paces today, for the first time since Sunday. Tired but happy.

Lorraine home after a fairly exhausting day. We sat on the gold sofa and ate a curry from The Viceroy, and watched The Traitors on iPlayer, and all was well. An early night.