Phew!

Heat rises as you know. Well after another hot sunny day i am finding the bedroom stuffy despite having the window open for awhile.  A humid night does not help me sleep alas.

Think i will read some poetry. That might help.

EDIT - 0703 am - this is what i read -

Go Arriva You Strange Bus Company (A Rant)

Finally got some sleep despite having to lay on top of the bed for most of the night,  or on top of the duvet {stark naked}.

Having to be up early today as i have an exit survey to do down at TK Maxx in High Brooms. A six hour shift too.

Not certain how i will get there yet as Arriva buses in their wisdom do not run a service going Maidstone way from Faversham til ten this morning. May have to go part of the way by train if i need to get to High Brooms for around eleven. Crazy isn't it?
 It would not happen with Brighton & Hove buses if i wanted to get from Brighton to Eastbourne on a Saturday for example.

I could get to Sittingbourne for 9 pm but the service is run by Chalkwell and they do not use Explorer tickets nor accept them as a journey. Fucking frustrating, as all the other operators such as Stagecoach and Regency do, although sometimes i have had heated discussions with Stagecoach bus drivers who say things like "Sorry mate it is Arriva not ours", despite the fact that both companies run the Explorer ticket scheme. Theoretically on one of these Explorers i could travel the whole of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire if i so wished.


Current cost of Explorer Ticket -

• Brighton and Hove                   £ 8.50


• Arriva                                          £ 7.00


• Stagecoach                                 £ 6.20

Unfortunately B&H buses are now the most expensive! On Wednesday i shall be travelling to Brighton for the monthly lunch club, a mere £7, from the Arriva bus  to Tunbridge Wells  then and B&H buses to Brighton. In their favour, Brighton & Hove buses will accept any Explorer tickets from other bus companies without a problem.

A Fridge Thing

I now this might be presumptive but when i saw this i had to share. Hope England do well in their World Cup  games, but if not then we still have this -

Special offer?

OK, now some things are just too weird. Here is one of them. I wonder if anybody took the offer up?

All Done

Well I am back from the survey job. Achieved 18 interviews but 131 refusals.Had a tally sheet for that.So although it was a long day in the end it was worth it for the three figure sum I will get for it next month.

Today's Finds

Whilst on my journey today i found this amusing little book for 35 pence.



Plus , like my big brother  Mike, whom is an avid Rachmaninov fan, this double CD  by Vladimir Ashkenazy.



It was at a bargain bucket price of 25 pence in a Demelza charity shop!