Usual Friday am; out to school and then went shopping with Alex.

After lunch, we got the bikes out and headed off along the seafront; we spotted the boy with the balloons there. We got to Silverknowes and dark clouds appeared so we took a circuitous route back via the Gypsy Brae tracks, Waterfront Park and then down the new new road.

Quiet, low key day, just hanging, chatting.

I had company later; still very upset and seeking solace. We had a tasty supper of prawns and crumble and retired to the sofa for a long debrief on the week's events.

I shoved her on the last but one bus but we still chatted way beyond midnight...