Saturday, October 18

Sometime late in the afternoon I finish updating the laptops. I give up on number 11 which needs a non-existent Bitlocker Recovery key. I wrestled with this from Helsinki a couple of months ago and I just give up; install Linux Mint on a USB stick; and then use that to boot the laptop, delete everything on it, and install Linux Mint.

To my surprise this works first time. I now have a Linx computer to experiment with.

We walk to the beach and Irma spots her scooter ready for her at the little garage by the temple. She leaps on it and races home while I carry on to the beach. I have a small dog beside me who joined us outside our house and follows me right to the door of Sanjeevini, where it decides to wander off on its own.

Irma walks back, arrives happy, and orders prawns. I have my traditional vegetarian menu of dal fry, alu gobi, and jeera rice.

From our window seat I photograph the surprisingly long, and satisfyingly colourful sunset.