Today I drive to support some good friends of ours who are taking part in the John West Great East Swim at Alton Water near Ipswich. My wife stays in Norfolk because our next grandchild is on its way and she wants to be on hand for her eldest son and his partner if they need her. The swim goes swimmingly, and our friends and I retire to a local pub for some light refreshment before departing for the drive back home.
I arrive home late afternoon, absolutely shattered from the driving – probably exacerbated by my DBS settings, which are permitting some tremor to break through and also causing a fair amount of muscular tension in my arms.
There’s no sign of the new baby just yet, so my wife is at her eldest son’s house in Hevingham, babysitting our eldest granddaughter (her eldest son and partner are at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital). I self-medicate with some cannabis and a bottle of Hobgoblin, switch my DBS off, and get to bed.