slowly grows the day
Slightly sluggish start to the day due to the post European VoIP Summit entertainments. Ended up in a pub called the Mary Jane and thence to the Kings Cross Tandoori with Wayne Mills Kidals and a few others. Only problem was that by the time we got there it was nearly ready for me to catch the train so I took the lamb balti as a takeaway and legged it. Funny thing was that Wayne then realized his train was a lot earlier than he’d thought and so he and his engineer Rob also had to go leaving the two people from TalkTalk on their own at the table.
Ate the balti on the train – fortunately not many people in the carriage. Taxi picked me up from Newark Northgate and home to bed.
So this morning I passed on a swim and am getting on with some admin of sorts. Also set the fire in anticipation of Richard Irving and Ian Cleary from Google coming this afternoon for a LONAP meeting.
Spoke to dad. He is walking further afield and yesterday made it up to Shoprite in Peel for some essential supplies. Wine and fish. Very biblical. Don’t know if there was any bread in there but it would have been appropriate 🙂 I’ll have to see when I can next pop over to the Isle of Man. January seems a long way back now although it is only about 6 weeks since we went.
On an associated subject I will be picking up the Peugeot this afternoon. Dad’s old car. Finally got the registration, tax and insurance sorted. We will then be a four car family! My Citroen C4, Anne’s Nissan Micra, the Peugeot and the campervan. Might get rid of the C4 when the year runs out.
It’s been a quiet morning in the conservatory. I’m popping out to Waitrose shortly to get some supplies in for tomorrow’s walk with Stu. 12 miles along the canal near Chesterfield. Probably wait until its stopped raining. A shiver of relaxation has just run through my shoulders because of the sound of the rain on the conservatory roof. It’s almost like wet hail.
Featured image is of a Waitrose van – the driver was being assessed for which they had partitioned off some of the car park. Video is a live report from the car park 🙂
Oh and note the new contributor to philosopherontap today – Mark Raybould. He has posted 5 poems today.
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