Paradise and Mauling

Up early and a fast breakfast before recording with Robin, and generally having a good chat about the podcast. Beth off this morning too. Then went outside to do some gardening with Lorraine, ended up moving lots of big pebbles the previous owners had strewn on top of a flour bed an hour or so. Then a highly relaxed afternoon with Lorraine, me reading Janet Sutherland's latest book The Messenger House. Spoke to mum to confirm I am coming up tomorrow. 

Lorraine and I watched Death in Paradise, the harmless fun returned for its 100th episode. Baffling why  we enjoy it so much. But the formula of Caribbean scenery, mild mannered murders, predictability, and general coziness were priceless during lockdown, and still enjoyable now.

Watched match of the day this evening. Chelsea took a mauling from a mediocre Wolves team. Open mutiny in the crowd. Everything is wrong. The manager seems clueless, the new club owner has presided over a period of chaos, and the team look are playing like people who have never met one another. Bizarre that I find it galling. Weird the things you come to care about in life. 

Below luckless Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino pictured during today's game.