A coral or Jade Anniversary and breaking new London atrocity?

Today could have been a pink day (Coral) or a green day (Jade). Our 35th wedding anniversary had crept upon us. As I learnt last night, this long relationship is encapsulated in the following experience: One of us falls out of bed in the middle of the night with a cry of panic and the other immediately erupts from sleep, instantaneously assesses the situation, whilst only semi conscious, and sweeps the spider off the bed!

In our long relationship, decision making is always a delicate balance between spontaneous extrovert action countered by cautious common sense. This is how we both managed to agree to go out on a celebratory lunch, after a late start to the day, and that this should be at one of the local pubs. We actually went in the evening as we were distracted by getting our image files for Cambridge Open Studiospictures print-ready. I'd spontaneously decided we should go to the Lion and Lamb, who apparently served food till 7 pm. Fortunately, Jane had cautiously checked much earlier that the White Horse served a Sunday roast till 8 pm, so that when we turned up at the Lion and Lamb after 6:30 pm and they were not taking orders, we could simply cross the road to the other pub without even an 'I told you so!' and enjoy not cooking or having to clear up and load the dishwasher. A great meal out, and all the better for being in the cooler part of the day.

Thank you Jane for putting up with my foibles in good humour for all this time!

Brexit negotiations begin tomorrow between an apparently united EU of 27 - and a UK government that is barely in control.

Breaking news - At around 00:20 am, a van collided with pedestrians in Finsbury Park, on Seven Sisters Road, near a mosque. Apparently 10+ injured and some being treated on the scene. One person arrested.