Phew what a scorcher! How perfect was the weather yesterday eh! Started the day with both Telepopmusik albums and a dog walk. Then down to the DIY superstore for supplies. Every other person in the check-out line had a BBQ in their trolley (this is the retail equivalent of the tabloid front page with the busty bird licking an ice cream on the first hot day of the year). Darren and Tom avoided the gorgeous afternoon by sitting on the couch watching rugby while I went for a bike ride along the river Lea to Clapton, Hackney, Stratford and Leyton. There was a fair at the ice rink on Lea Bridge Road which really excited Tom when I told him as two of his favourite things are waltzers and greasy fair-lads. We went to an Italian place for dinner in Woodford and they sat a single mum with her kids next to us. It was Patsy Palmer and her boys were very well behaved (Darren did spot a nasty bruise on the elbow of one of the boys so he might ring social services on Monday).