Jazzy D's Soul Notes

It has been another hot day reaching 26C. A little bit of sunbathing done, and some reading. Also, a lovely walk into town late afternoon.

I had run out of coffee and you know I cannot do without it! So I popped into the supermarket to buy some and naturally discovered some new craft ales on sale. Hence another late siesta.

Oh well, back out working tomorrow.

So far it rained again on Sunday and today it is merely overcast but dry. At least the Stagecoach bus service is back to normal. Not seen one going down to Kiln Court since the lockdown. Also, they are cheaper than Arriva if I need to go to town when I am not walking there  - £2 return instead of £4.80. Arriva is cheaper if I need to go to Sittingbourne.

I was walking to the local shop when I noticed the bus.

I posted some items off and got some chili-con-carne and extra beers to go with the eight Master Brew bottles from my bro this morning.

I watched The Boat That Rocked again last night. A wonderful feel-good movie about the pirate radio days. Bill Nighy is in it. I love this mature method actor. He is so good and he is also in that other great movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel along with Judi Dench.
If not seen I recommend both movies.


Bill Nighy



He is also in these funny radio dramas on BBC Radio 4 - A Charles Paris Mystery based on the books by Simon Brett.

A plenitude of cumulous clouds obscured the sun intermittently today. Cooler than the weekend and thus more mercurial. It is a day for frustrated sunbathing.

And concomitantly  with this, I had to pop into town as I sold a couple of items on eBay- small items - not a great deal of money - but fine for a few beers.

Thus,I am here in Spoons, and being that it is Monday, pints are just £1.99 and thius a few Abott Ales are going down a  treat!

I also received the final payment for the Subways I did for Tern.

I am also getting a small rebate from Prudential - money they owe me due to a miscalculation on the pension I took out with them years back but since transferred it to Aegon. We are not talking three figures but only two with accumulated interest over so many years. I don't know when I will get this nice little surprise but I already confirmed that I was with them and sent the forms off to get the money. Meanwhile, this week until Friday may well be a quiet one, although I have taken on more sandwich shops due on the 4th, I might ask Tern to spread them out more.

I remembered reading a chapter from the recent Philip Larkin biography I read that his dad, Stanley, once lived in Coventry, with Philip attending a local college before the war, before Philip went to Oxford. Now Coventry is only twelve miles from my birthplace in Rugby. The cathedral city got heavily bombed in WW1. The reason I mention this is that Chiara {https://cmcmck.dreamwidth.org/} who used to be here as cmcmck mentioned that Larkin was librarian where she and her husband now live,the town of Wellington in Shropshire. The poet likened his town here to a "hole of toad's turds".

I can think of other towns as turds and funnily enough, Coventry comes high on my list.

So as a mini gathering of your pet hates, which town or city is your "hole of toad's turd"?

Almost the last day of this months work until February. A trip down to Ashford and Canterbury today and then just Faversham for the rest of the week. I just hope the finances can be stretched out.

I am still finding a good trickle of income coming from Discogs and eBay but it is no guarantee that it will continue.

I have been watching more episodes of Star Trek (STNG that is). Also, watched the Star Trek Insurrection film on Prime last night.

I am quite amazed by how much I have read so far this new year and maybe I should have increased the challenge. Never mind, there are always banana skins to trip you up as you proceed forward in time.