1. Lily and I make a poorly timed visit to the allotment – it starts drizzling as soon as we get there and continues getting heavier and heavier as we wait in the shelter. I don’t realise at the time of course but we abandon the visit at the peak of the rain – when it’s hammering down and the cambers of the roads have been turned into fast flowing rivers to jump across. I’m as soaked as I’ve ever been by the time I get home – so wet that it crosses over from being annoying to being funny. Later, when I’m dry, I open the living room window to listen to the roar of the beck.

2. With the day of bad weather, the cats are stuck inside. From as soon as I wake up, Tilda is more clingy than normal while Strange cuddles into her favourite round hound for various stretches of the afternoon and evening. Kaufman spends much of the day on his favourite cushion but at one point, he plays with his sisters – twice in a row, he leaps in the air, passing at the peak of his arc through the dining room door and out of our sight. John comments that for all we know, he kept flying and that’s why he did it again.

3. The soup is sour with vinegar but in a good way. Later, the sauce on the main dish is a balanced combination of tangy, sweet and spicy – perfect Peach comfort food.