I had lent Richard my copy of "Walking Home" by Simon Armitage and I am pleased to say that he has very much been enjoying it. So much so that he wanted to keep the book and asked me to sign it. I said it would be an 81st birthday present.
More and more, I discover that there were other parts of Richard in the iconic novel "Kes". Not just the boy who trained a kestrel. There were bits of the book that were lifted directly from Richard's experience of education in a secondary modern school. Barry himself went to a grammar school after passing his eleven plus examination.
Because I needed to pee - and I have never been upstairs to the Hines's bathroom - I made my apologies and departed just before five o'clock.
Shirley was down in London today - visiting Buckingham Palace with some other members of her Women's Institute. They had tickets to see an exhibition of our late queen's clothes.
Later I asked if Queen Elizabeth bra and pants were on show but apparently not - nor were her suspenders and fishnet stockings. Apparently Prince Philip liked that particular outfit.
Shirley was home by 7.15pm and very soon after that I presented her with a bowl of stir fried chicken with noodles and chopped vegetables which we ate together before I strode out. Down the road to watch the second leg of the Championship play-off semi-final at Frances and Stew's house.
It was an exciting game but Hull City came out on top as the deserved winners by two goals to nil. So beautiful that I am still smiling now. We are on our way to the Wembley final and who knows - who knows - we could end up in The Premier League once again! It's quite incredible really.
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