Jazzy D's Soul Notes

The weather is still mercurial. Today it did not go above 19C and it was very windy with minor showers and some warm sunshine. We are supposed to have another heatwave next week, so we shall see.

I walked into town and picked up some provisions, drunk a pint of le in my local pub, and then came back home, had a jacket potato with egg and bacon on top of it.

Whilst out I did pick up this great art book from one of the charity shops for 1.50.




Unlike most of these art paperbacks, this has plenty of coloured photographs of the art.

I also completed six covert telephone call mystery shops. Quite a productive day.

Back out on the road today. Visits to Ashford and then a couple of take away visits from fast food outlets in Medway.

It will be another scorcher so I will be in sport vest and shorts today.

Two covert mystery phone calls have been done this morning. No need to go out and earned sixteen quid for the two from my mobile phone.

Might do more of them. Thanks, IPSOS.

Off to town soon to post another book off and then a sandwich shop visit here in town.

Weather is dull, overcast, mordantly breezy and nondescript and yet dry.

Finished all six visits by 3 pm today,and now just have the reports to do. I bought trainers,sweater , T shirt and socks plus beer at the supermarket.

At least it was a mild and sunny day.







The five shops at the centre meant i ended up with five bags.

Due to the weekend engineering works on our local rail network i caught a bus replacement from Teynham station at a few minutes before eight and then the standard bus route down when we arrived in Sittingbourne. I had a quick pit stop at The Opera House in Tunbridge Wells before travelling on to Brighton. Arrived midday and did my first mystery shop in Churchill Square.




Outside Churchill Square shopping centre.




The same jazz band were still playing from the last time i came down to sell some CD's in Hove.

I met up with L for a coffee break after my phone store visit. She was meeting one of her friends as she manged to get most of the bank holiday off from working except for Monday. It was



We both waited for a bus to take us along the Western Road, she to her friend and i onward to Hove to sell my bag of CD's at Fine Records. Julian took about half of them for which i got £25, and on my bus journey back to Brighton via the upper route, which was less busy, i alighted at Brighton rail station and walked down Trafalgar Street. I popped into Wax Factor and sold some more CD's for a fiver.

I was heading along the North Laines toward Across The Tracks , but it was way too busy inside with collectors and buyers and my usual buyer was not around. I ended up getting rid of the rest at Cex in Eastbourne. With the money from L and the satisfaction oif some decluttering ,it was a good day.

So onward to Eastbourne and Hastings for the two pub visits.

So,  after doing the scanning job in Sittingbourne i am back in the Office again. Glad i did check the ESA webs pages here as they have not listed my scanning job for this week on my home page, plus having left my mobile phone on charge at home, I had to call ESA in St Albans from here. Problem is the people who deal with the scanning job are at lunch, ad thus i have decided not to go to Sheerness for the second canning visit until the company sorts things out.

On my home page once i have done a job or filled in the report it gets submitted on-line for me to get my pay for the allocated job in the following month. Without that submission i do not get paid Hence the urgency for this to be sorted. I may pop over to Rochester to do my second Cineworld visit this month.

The other reason for me  being in the Office is that i have allocated myself nine Thomas Cook visits for next month and hence needed to pint out the questionnaires and scenarios

Also, it is a crap day , raining, and it is nice being indoors.

Yesterday I travelled to Ashford to do a visit at PC World. It turned out to be another fine warm day and to reach the place I had to visit I partly walked the route from the town centre through South Willsborough towards the retail park. That part of the sprawling suburbia has a quaint village area with a decent watering hole for the thirsty trekker.

I got some screen wipes as proof of my visit to the shop, and then, after buying a sandwich from the adjacent Boots, walked back to catch the bus to central Ashford. Had some time to kill before my return journey to Faversham, so I popped into the library for half an hour, and then sat in the park smoking my pipe and reading a book.

Now I may be volunteering for SFM Radio as I have an informal interview Monday morning. I am not certain what capacity I would fill but I did intimate to them in my spec letter that I would like to DJ the music I love, specifically jazz soul and funk. I shall keep you informed on the outcome.