Sociable Thursday

Getting an Ocado delivery can be a social event, at least the way we do it. I'd booked a delivery for the 10 - 11 slot, and Jayne Pigott one for 11 - 12, so we invited them for coffee whilst they waited for theirs to come. (We are much nearer the access gate than they are.) In the event, this didn't go quite as smoothly as it might have done. We'd assumed that the two orders would be on the same van, and therefore would arrive together, but no, ours was on the Lemon van with Trevor and the Pigott's was on the Cabbage van with Helen.

Ours turned up just before 10, just as Jayne and Stephen arrived for coffee. We soon had a saloon full of Ocado bags all over the floor, and Pigotts swigging coffee all over the furniture. They kindly put up with Sheila and I doing our systematic checking off of the delivery, whilst Stephen waited for the call to say that the other delivery had turned up.

Unfortunately, it transpired that his iPhone on the 3 network had lost its signal; when he got it back by going outside, he got an unwelcome voicemail from Helen; she'd arrived on the dot of 11, couldn't get hold of them and had gone away again.

Much calling of the Ocado call centre followed, at the end of which they were told the delivery would be rearranged for 6 to 9 this evening. It then turned up at half twelve, Helen having decided to have another go as she was re-passing the marina.

A case of all's well that ends well, even if it meant the Pigotts came out for the Thursday walk at half one leaving their saloon floor strewn with Ocado bags.

We had another good walk with the Walking for Health folk, along the side of a nature reserve where we spotted a Little Egret. There were a lot of twitchers about, as a rare Glossy Ibis had been seen there yesterday, but had now removed itself to Cheshire, apparently.

Once more we ended in the Green Man after a good walk of over an hour, and consumed various soft drinks for half an hour. We've fallen back on our boats now, in my case to do this blog, and in the case of the Pigotts to put a fortnight's supply of groceries away.

We'll all meet again in the Willow Tree cafe tomorrow preparatory to visiting the fortnightly mini market.