Bowl
Peaceful
A week of lates beckons. News full of Ofcom’s Affordability of communications services: April 2023 update a day of drops beckons. Sure enough the day pans out that way, a usual week may have one or two in it. Today 4 of the buggers.
In other news I end up chatting to someone who works at SLAIS and who knew the McIlwaine’s. Ia has apparently shuffled of this mortal coil which is sad. Turns out she has a Wikipedia page the obit is here.
Bus home was a bit of an adventure, came home via Winstanley, no idea why, was a touch weird but what the heck.
Photo today was a Sunday snap when I got beyond a set of gates that are usually shut. I guess a little light urbex. Either way it was interesting and the string of lights set things off nicely.
Tomorrow’s prompt is ‘found’ so will have to channel my inner Marcel Duchamps. Be interesting to see what sort of found objects I come across.
Music
- On Air (The BBC Sessions) – June Tabor
- Quercus – June Tabor With Iain Ballamy & Huw Warren
- The Ultimate Collection – Grace Jones
- A Night Of A Thousand Vampires (Live) – The Damned
Open
Sunday and making up time, early bus, morning photo wander. Grab a coffee at McColls. Chat at work, then dialler drops, move machine.
Geared up for move tomorrow. Leave at 2.30, wander into town, swift pint of Theakston’s Vanilla Stout in the Swan and Railway, nice and then the Superior bus home.
Bit of an afternoon kip and then beef curry from the chippy via a pint of Patron Saint in the Tom and Gerry (well it is St George’s Day!)
Music
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- All The Way From Tuam – The Saw Doctors
- Moment – Mark Chadwick
Pretty
Laundry day we wander to the shops first and head to the Laundrette in the afternoon. Shove the washing in, still no coffee machine at the garage, however The Caledonian is open so I wander in for this beauty.
General shit chatted in the laundrette, a bit of a read.
Music
- The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore – Walker Brothers
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Summer Lines – Au Revoir Simone
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Shadows (Remixes) – Au Revoir Simone
- Shadows – Au Revoir Simone
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The Specials (Deluxe Edition) – The Specials
- More Specials (Deluxe Edition) – The Specials
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Return To Casual – Walter Smith III
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Let’s Get Out Of This Country – Camera Obscura
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Flying Saucer Attack (The Complete Recordings 1977-1979) – The Rezillos
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Bus Stop – The Hollies
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Mr. Moonlight – The Merseybeats
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At the Bathhouse – The Ballet
Same shit, different day other than a move is announced, off to the other end of the room.
Alley
Alley… an early morning shot. Wedding anniversary today, C is due to get an amber rose broach, hope she likes it.
Work is standard.
Evening a visit to the pub, because it’s Thursday and quiz night we repair to the Curry Pot for a ruby. Nice night, the broach went down well.
Music
- Social Classics Vol. 2 – Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown (Selected By DJ Don Letts) – Various Artists
- Don Letts Presents Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown Volume 2 – Various Artists
New day, same shit.
Starts With B
Hmm… a day in three halves, started well with an Asda fetch of things. Stroll to work, take a couple of photos.
Day’s going well ’til 1.00 when I get a call from the School. C has chest pains, can I meet her at A&E. Hoof it to the chippy, buy sausage and chips. Nip to the bus station shovelling the scran in. Bus to the Infirmary. Up there by about 1.30. C arrives by 3.
Then wait, seen by a medic about 5. Whisked off for x-ray and then more bloods. Inconclusive so more bloods at 9.30. We wait on results.
So at 01.00 we’ve had enough and walk! We’ll strictly speaking we taxi.
Mix… well that was a day and a half, felt knackered all day after yesterdays shenanagins. Mix as a prompt so off to Tom and Gerry’s for a Gin and Tonic as a result.
Pattern
Beware larks, we’re up, about and after you. Decide Breakfast is a dish best served elsewhere so we head to the train station, eat one bacon barm and one sausage barm (you can guess who had which!) at the caff at the station. Then onto the 07:48 to York.Train journey is uneventful with the exception of pheasant and bunny spotting. Arrive at York, utilise their water closets and head to the Railway Museum. Rodents we’re an hour early and its breezy and chilly again. Get some grief about that! Yep, truly I am in control of the weather! Eventually we get in and what a fab time we had. We find Steven a suitable cushion which we find amusing anyway! After a couple of hours hooning around with the camera we head to the road train.
Dropped at the Minster. Executive decision is taken to view the Minster then seek food on the basis that everyone will be eating now. The Minster is suitably beautiful and interesting. C gets carried away with the archaeology, I still struggle with that one! Still it’s a historically interesting venue. We end up with a new duck and church mouse from the shop!
Lunch provides a few issues, restaurants are full but we eventually find a Greene King pub to eat in. Both of us have the steak pie including a crust manufactured of reinforced concrete, I even try applying gravy to soften it.
Follow lunch with a gentle stroll to the station. C is suffering but she’s walked a relatively long distance today. We have a rest near the station, then into the Tap for a pint as we wait for the train. I Should Be So Wookie for me, delicous!
Uneventful train journey home and gentle stroll across the bridge back to the hotel.