October 26, 2008
Methodist Church
Home of the 18th Bailgate Scout Group. Spiritually supervised by the Rev Ian Brown. When the scouts come back from camp if the tents are still wet they spread them out to dry across the pews upstairs. It can get very steamy. The church is conveniently close to a few pubs. Handy if you have some spare time between dropping off at cubs and picking up.
Newport Arch
Apparently the oldest Roman arch that can still be driven under in the country.
Electric Sub-Station
When Clocks Go Back – The Non Lie-In
This clocks going back business is all very well but the artificial lie-in is just that. You lie in bed in the dark having woken up at your normal time, which is of course now an hour earlier than your normal time.
I can’t really drop back off to sleep so I lie there, wondering whether Anne is awake. I want to do something. Read a book or turn on the wireless set maybe. She gets annoyed if I talk to her because she believes that the extra hour is a real boon and should be taken advantage of. I don’t know if she is asleep or not.
There is a god-like element to the clocks being turned back. It feels as if we are controlling time. Life is a big illusion.
October 23, 2008
Food For Thought – 15th January, 2006
Monday
Breakfast
Bran flakes with semi skimmed milk & banana
Lunch
Tuna & sweetcorn sandwich on brown bread with Satsuma and pear
Dinner
Fillet steak with salad – lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, mustard
Fruit
Tuesday
Breakfast
Bran flakes with semi skimmed milk & banana
Lunch
Waitrose sweet chilli Chicken fillets, bean salad and greek salad
Dinner
Gammon steak with carrots, cauliflower & leeks in cheese and bacon sauce
Fruit
Wednesday
breakfast
Bacon roll, glass of milk
Lunch
Ploughmans baguette with ham and cheese & crisps
Dinner
Thai pork green curry with basmati rice
Fruit
Thursday
Bacon sandwich
Duck wrap with hoisin sauce and cheese and onion crisps
5 pints of stella, packet of peanuts and burger and fries
Friday
breakfast
Mars bar, Lucozade, pint of milk
lunch
Hot cheese and onion baguette with mineral water
Latte
Latte and caramel shortcake
dinner
Big mac meal, 5 pints of timothy tailor landlord, packet of peanuts
Saturday
Breakfast
Bacon sandwich with milk
lunch
Home made ham, beef and veg soup, french bread and cheese
dinner
5 pints of IPA, packet of peanuts
Turkey biryani, bottle of red wine
Mango chutney
Fruit with half fat fromage frais
Sunday
Breakfast
Bacon sandwich, glass of milk
lunch
Chicken wrap, salad – lettuce, cucumber, tomato and spring onion, parma ham, gammon ham
Banana & grapes
Dinner
Roast pork
Roast potatoes in goose fat
Carrots, parsnips, peas
Fruit with half fat fromage frais