Finally, a day that you call a summer day. The temperature reached a lovely 23 C in my sweet spot. Definitely a day for a T-shirt off and the sunshine hitting my naked upper torso ( Read more... )

I had quite a nice lie-in this morning. Got out of bed mid-morning. I then hoovered around the flat and had a shower.

I then realized it was beyond midday, so I had my lunch. Peppered steak with pepper sauce, new potatoes in garlic butter and a sala


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The weather is once again being obdurate. There was some sunshine, but it has been outwitted by the dark overcast skies and the occasional yet steady downpour ( Read more... )

It has been a rather windy day despite being quite sunny on the whole. I have been listening to some of the CDs from my collection. Most of the music played in the morning was of the world music variety such as gnawa music and qawwali and then some ambient, drone, and industrial sounds for the afternoon ( Read more... )

So, after forgetting to take my wallet on the first occasion, I waited two hours and listened to the rdoio, and then went into town. I needed to get there to post two items I sold on Discogs. As my brother coming42 says, it is so comprehensive. A site for music lovers, dealers, sellers, buyers, and the curious ( Read more... )

It has been another lovely sunny day this Easter weekend. Most of the day spent outside if course. In the garden and then at my sweet spot to the side of my flat ( Read more... )

Another sunny day, but once again, a cold wind tempered the heat. It was not conducive to a day of sunbathing.

For lunch, I had my signature pasta dish. It consisted of ham, salami, and mushroom pasta in a carbonara sauce.


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Third day in a row of doing rail surveys doe the Kent-based rail company. Although today was a disruption survey due to engineering work on the line from Sittingbourne to Sheerness. So, I travelled the bus replacement and did the survey based on the alternative service.

I had lunch in Spoons on the island. Here is the food porn, Jon - pizza!


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This morning I was mainly doing some mystery phone calls and then it turned sunny - so I went out to pop into town for a while. I took some old paperbacks to sell at Past Sentence, looked around the market, popped into my local [ub and then the charity shop next door, and found more cheap goodies -

Vinyl LPs first -


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Well, what a lovely day it turned out to be. After a slightly cold morning, the afternoon was quite warm. Warm enough to sunbathe. In fact, I had my lunch and a bottle of wine outside soaking up the sun.


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