At the Cass sale in town. Finally got the Derwent Coloursoft pencils I’ve had my eye on. I was only going to get 36, but they didn’t have the 36 tins, 24 seemed too few. I was seriously considering the 48 (in a lovely wooden box, but very heavy) when I discovered that they had the 72 for only £3 more than the 48 – £40 reduced from £104! I guess the outcome was inevitable after that, but it took a while to get there. I also found some nice pastel paper in good cool blues and greys which looks suitable for winter mountain pictures and got a couple of putty rubbers, a black and a sepia drawing pens and a little plastic palette which will allow me to more quickly remove my watercolours from any communal table they may be occupying with a minimum of fuss. Lots of fun

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Went and visited my masseuse Magdalena and got soundly squished, albeit gently around the damaged limb. Heavenly. Feeling much better for it and leg much less painful this afternoon. She has recommended that I embark upon a course of “Manual Lymphatic Drainage” which sounds horrendous and conjures up images of Frankenstein laboratories, big needles and pumps, but is actually a type of very gentle long-term massage. Sounds interesting, so I might sign up for that when we’re back from Switzerland.

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