Lie-in or early start? It depends on the season. If itâs summer, Iâll be up early to do open-water swimming at 9am at a nearby lake. I know, Iâm a lunatic, but compared to years of getting up at 3.40am for BBC Breakfast I class that as a lie-in. In winter itâs a proper lie-in and my husband will bring me a cup of tea in bed.
Sofa or sweat? Iâm an activity addict so, after my swim, it would be a dog walk in the hills, culminating in a pub lunch.
Roast out or in? Could be either. But if weâve had an activity-filled day, weâll do a nice roast chicken with all the trimmingsâ and red wine â for about 5pm.
Work or down tools? If Iâve got a deadline, I might write, but I try not to. I want my Sundays to be fun and I want to be around in case my children, who are 22 and 19, decide to make an appearance.
Sundays growing up? I had two siblings and weâd always do a walk with our little terrier, usually by a river, for a couple of hours and in the right season would end up blackberry picking for hours and hours, which I found really boring.
Sundays senses⦠I love the smell of the fire when my husband lights it, which he does in every month of the year. And I love sitting on the sofa reading the papers.
Sunday guilty pleasure TV watching depends on who is in the house. Weâll all watch David Attenborough or Strictly or Gogglebox. But if my daughters are in charge of the remote, itâll be Made in Chelsea. My husband loves romcoms and Iâm into sci-fi or extreme sport documentaries, and we were obsessed by The Traitors. Weâre not into anything too cerebral. For us television is pure escapism.
Looking ahead I like to get organised for the coming week, so Iâll look at what Iâm doing and if itâs a writing week Iâll make sure Iâm ready for it. Without a deadline I get distracted.
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