We spent last night in Lowestoft as part of our new programme of getting out and about. Last time we went to Suffolk the Government announced a lockdown. Two and a half years later we returned to Suffolk and the Queen died.  I can’t help thinking that, after these two rehearsals, our next visit is likely to unleash the End of Days. We have agreed that before we go again we will study the portents  and weigh up the possibility of releasing the rest of the  Four Horsemen. Arguably, having brought about Pestilence and Death we have done our bit and can safely leave War to Putin and Famine to Panic Buying.

It was generally uneventful on the way down, seeing my sister for tea and cake and exploring a number of new roads which have been built since we last travelled. This was a little strange as the satnav kept going blank as we travelled across what it thought were open fields. Perhaps I should see about getting it updated. We stopped for sandwiches at ASDA in Bury St Edmunds. There wasn’t much choice and one of the packs was egg, tomato and salad cream.  It’s not a sandwich I am keen to repeat.

In passing, the clivia mentioned in the Panic Buying link, is an heirloom plant, passed on by my Mum to Julia, who has been passing them on in turn.

The evening meal was fun, the night passed peacefully (hotel mattresses are always a bit of a lottery) and we went down for the All You Can Eat Breakfast. It’s a bit misleading, because they aren’t really committed to giving you all you can eat. In fact, the sausages are specially made to be about as big as my thumb. However, I still managed fruit, yoghurt, a Full English and several crumpets. It was a good meal, I was full, and we survived the rest of the day without needing much more food.  When did need more food we had doughnuts from the seafront stall at Hunstanton. As you can see, all that health education isn’t going to waste.

On the way back from Hunstanton we passed Sandringham, where they had set up a one-way system and police presence to control the flow of flowers and sight-seers. This will be one of my few personal observations on recent events as I am unlikely to take much part in the Coronation and surrounding ceremonies.

1953 Coronation medal from Mansfield Woodhouse

1953 Coronation medal from Mansfield Woodhouse

The header picture commemorates the marriage of the then Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The other is the Coronation Souvenir given out by Mansfield Woodhouse in 1953. The quality of such offerings has declined over the years . . .

Written last night but published today as I fell asleep before finishing.