Jazzy D's Soul Notes

Today did not go according to plan. I had not vectored in the new bus timetables for September and that some routes would have been changed. My 666 bus from Faversham had changed its route back to the original direct route to the town., and no longer skirted the conurbation to Cineworld and John Lewis - the latter which I needed.

So for me to do that one, the bus driver informed me that I would need to get off at the rail station and get the new R bus - and so i asked what has happened to the old E route that did go to Cineworld and JL, and she said no longer going. Who runs the R line i said? Chalkwell she replied so my ticket I bought today would not have been accepted by them. I also did not know what times they run, and what the hell is Chalkwell.  a bus company that runs around Sittingbourne and the Sheppey island doing a service in Ashford!


So I decided to go just to the supermarket, and not the other two, and then head to Tenterden to do a charity shop visit that was on this month's agenda.

Then when I got back to Faversham this evening, missing my last bus, I had to walk home in the rain. It stayed dry all day but not for my walk home.

Think I will sulk and hibernate tomorrow.

But I did purchase a book from Waterstones in Tenterden.

I first visited Canterbury to do a pharmacy visit and then went over to Hempstead Valley to do a phone shop visit and when i got to Rochester to do the charity shop visit the shop was closed despite the fact that the opening time display board in the window said it would be open till five. I took a couple of pics and contacted Lodge and that it has been re-assigned to me for next month with a double fee and bonus.

Meanwhile whilst in Rochester i found these two for fifty pence each in another charity shop.

Apart from the occasional moments of rain it has been a generally sunny and warm day. I completed my supermarket visit in Dover and did my visit in Whitstable,so now i'm in Canterbury at the Beaney Museum and Art Gallery.

Soaking up the culture.I also purchased three books in a sale at Blackwells on the university campus. They were going for a quid each.






Phil and i had a great evening at the pub last night. We left there about 12.30  having had three pints of ale WE dicussed everything including the non contact from that erstwhile cousin. Philthinhks is a disgrace that he has not bothered to contact me. Well, as i said to him,that unspeakbale turd will not be on my Xmas list anymore.

Well,despite misgivings about the weather earlier on, it had dried up considerably. My first visit was in Rochester, in which i found some great books and a DVD of the comedy film Hot Fuzz. I snapped some more pics whilst there and picked up some flavoured pipe tobacco, Irish whisky flavour.

I then caught the bus to Gravesend to another charity shop and found more books and a couple of CD's.

The books found, between fifty oence and a pound, are -




In Gravesend i had a pint of beer at the Three Daws before catching the bus back to the Medway towns.

A bit of a frustrating day as i only got round to doing the one visit and that was Herne Bay.I will not bore you with the details but at least i found some interesting items, including the complete first season of Supernatural for a five pound note.

I will be watching The Golden Compass on DVD in a moment. The other items were these two books -




At least it was a dry sunny day. Tomorrow the weather will be more variable.

This was one I started yesterday on my trip to Hythe and completed just before lunch this morning.

Richard Matheson “I Am Legend” (Orion)






First published over 50 years ago this is a surprisingly fresh look at the last surviving human on earth. Robert Neville is a believable character as he deals with the aftermath of a plague that has left his family dead and his friends, neighbours and probably the whole world as the living dead. Vampire-like, thirsting for his blood, attacking his house at night and sleeping during the day.

How Neville reacts to this situation - his loneliness, his search for why this has happened and his varying moods and day to day life - works very well. Flashbacks to the early days of the plague do much to explain the world he lives in but as he carries on trying to understand the situation his frustrations and loneliness are understandable. It all builds up to a wonderful conclusion. This is a great story.