Despite Isobel's late night, she up up bright and early this morning. For about ten minutes her speech could be easily understood, but it then slipped back to normal. We were ready to leave for the hospice at 9.25; but somehow or other actually left at 10.20; these days we can lose an hour without trying. Isobel took her knitting to the hospice, but did not do any, really this is completely beyond her now.

Iona arrived after her training morning at school, and there was shortly afterwards a power cut. I went to the shops to get a waterproof sheet and some saucepans for Iona, but the power cut covered all Bexley and Dartford and beyond; the only shops open were BHS and M & S, they presumably have their own generators. We went off early to collect Isobel from the hospice, but on arriving found they had no power cut. The hospice staff commentated that her balance had been noticeably worse today.

The power was back on when we got home, but had not been fully restored to the shopping centre. Isobel had beefburgers for dinner, followed later by apple crumble. I drove to Sidcup to get a spare pack of pants for tomorrow morning. Isobel went up to bed at about 8pm and watched television for a couple of hours.