Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Thursday April 27, 2023 Today I went and bought a steak for myself for my birthday on Saturday in Sargents the Butchers in Dibden Purlieu. They also had some venison sausages in which I’m also partial to so I bought some of them too. After buying my meat it was about lunchtime and I decided to see what was on offer in The Nova Forest Restaurant which is near Sargents. I bought a homemade pasty and a cup of coffee. It was all very nice but pricey. When I’d finished I caught the bus to Hythe and bought some potatoes, onions, chestnut mushrooms, apples and tins of soup in Lidl. I wanted to do some sketching and had my sketch pad and a pen with me but didn’t actually do any, although I bought myself some vanilla ice cream in Harvey’s and sat outside with it. When I finished, I caught the bus home and it was cold, so I got under my throw blanket and had a nap. I got up and decided it was time for tea and my customary four squares of dark chocolate. Recently I read an article about Micro Biotic Diets which recommended thoroughly chewing food before swallowing it. Advice that I followed today. I cooked myself an evening meal of a lamb steak, tomato, jacket potato, mixed vegetables with mint sauce and gravy which was followed by an apple and washed down with a cup of tea. It was a cold rainy day for the most part.