Just going out now. Richard phoned again. A further item on the shopping list is now steel toe-capped footwear. I had been borrowing a pair, two pairs actually, neither of which were the correct size, from Workbase, but apparently they weren't meant to do that. I was rather expecting him to find this out at some point. I fear Richard will get the sack one of these days. He always looks completely bewildered whenever he has to do any work.

Mum and Dad have come back from the fish shop with tropical fish. I correctly divined that some of the new fish were tetras of some variety. "Rosy", says Mum.