Yesterday's Journey To Beckenham / Saturday Slumming
Well, the final charity shop visit for this month has been completed. I took an early trip yesterday to get to Beckenham in the suburbia of Greater London and not far from Bromley.
It was a gloriously sunny day for the visit, a cool 25C with a nice breeze.
I picked up two books for my gift-aid item and non -gift aid item.
Both looked unread and were only five pounds.
I then decided to go on a bus ride rather than the same route back. So I boarded a 358 bus which took me from Beckenham through to Farringdon Village, Bromley, and finally Orpington.
I noticed that the Spoons pub that was on the main high street had gone and is now in Petts Wood according to a local. I did not bother getting up to that end of the town and took an R1 bus to St. Mary's Cray to catch a train home.
As the train neared Faversham I decided to stay on it and alight at Westgate On Sea. I decided to see the new Flash movie. I had fish and chips from a chippy in Westgate. Whilst the fish was delicious there was too much batter and the chips were soggy. The Ospringe Fiush bar close to me is much better.
Anyway, I watched The Flash movie with two smuggled-in cans of strong ale. It was funny in places, and sometimes thrilling, with some weird CGI with the multiverse aspect, and yet I felt it could have been better. I did watch recently Man Of Steel on a streaming service which I thought was better than this. I do find Marvel doing these films better than the DC Comics franchise.
After the movie, I caught the last train home, which was at 23:08, and then walked home from Faverhsm station and thus arrived just after midnight.
I went straught to bed.
Woke up at eight.
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So, today has been one of relaxing and catching up on my recent CD finds throughout the week.
And where was the sun today?
It hardly appeared but stayed a little cloudy and humid at around 27C. It appeared for an hour or so, just enough to do some sunbathing. Oh well, at least i had a lovely cheesy pizza for lunch.
Now I fancy some fish again.
It was a gloriously sunny day for the visit, a cool 25C with a nice breeze.
I picked up two books for my gift-aid item and non -gift aid item.
Both looked unread and were only five pounds.
I then decided to go on a bus ride rather than the same route back. So I boarded a 358 bus which took me from Beckenham through to Farringdon Village, Bromley, and finally Orpington.
I noticed that the Spoons pub that was on the main high street had gone and is now in Petts Wood according to a local. I did not bother getting up to that end of the town and took an R1 bus to St. Mary's Cray to catch a train home.
As the train neared Faversham I decided to stay on it and alight at Westgate On Sea. I decided to see the new Flash movie. I had fish and chips from a chippy in Westgate. Whilst the fish was delicious there was too much batter and the chips were soggy. The Ospringe Fiush bar close to me is much better.
Anyway, I watched The Flash movie with two smuggled-in cans of strong ale. It was funny in places, and sometimes thrilling, with some weird CGI with the multiverse aspect, and yet I felt it could have been better. I did watch recently Man Of Steel on a streaming service which I thought was better than this. I do find Marvel doing these films better than the DC Comics franchise.
After the movie, I caught the last train home, which was at 23:08, and then walked home from Faverhsm station and thus arrived just after midnight.
I went straught to bed.
Woke up at eight.
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So, today has been one of relaxing and catching up on my recent CD finds throughout the week.
And where was the sun today?
It hardly appeared but stayed a little cloudy and humid at around 27C. It appeared for an hour or so, just enough to do some sunbathing. Oh well, at least i had a lovely cheesy pizza for lunch.
Now I fancy some fish again.