{"id":11000,"date":"2018-08-17T20:59:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T20:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11000"},"modified":"2019-03-30T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T16:16:45","slug":"friday-17th-august-2018-its-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11000","title":{"rendered":"Friday 17th August 2018 &#8211; IT&#8217;S BEEN &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; a quiet day today, after all of the exertions of the last week or so.<\/p>\n<p>Much to my own surprise, I was out of bed after the first alarm. And that&#8217;s not happened for a while, has it?<\/p>\n<p>And then after breakfast there was more work to be done, and then I started to have a good think about my plans after my next hospital visit. And that reminded me that I hadn&#8217;t booked my train to Brussels. That was something that needed my attention, and now it&#8217;s completed.<\/p>\n<p>That also reminded me that I needed to go for my blood test. A brisk walk took me to the laboratory and they attended to matters. And much to everyone&#8217;s surprise that was all done and dusted and paid for within a matter of a couple of minutes. Not like the UK where you have to wait for a week or so.<\/p>\n<p>And over the road I picked up my railway tickets from the station.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808065.jpg\" alt=\"pont aven english channrl st malo granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a>On the way back I picked up a baguette for lunch, but I didn&#8217;t make it back home straight away.<\/p>\n<p>My attention was drawn to some movement on the horizon over by the Brittany coast, so I quickly grabbed the zoom lens and went for a wander to see what it was.<\/p>\n<p>Cropping and enlarging the image and then digitally enhancing it, I could see that it&#8217;s our old friend the Brittany Ferries ship <em>Pont Aven<\/em> off a-wandering again.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p>When I came back home I found that I had no hummus. I&#8217;d run out. And so I made another large batch. Chick peas, tahini, olive oil, chick pea water, olives, tomato, garlic and herbs. All whizzed up in the whizzer.<\/p>\n<p>Some of it went into the freezer and some of it into the fridge. That&#8217;ll keep me out of mischief for a good while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808068.jpg\" alt=\"lizards eating pear droppings granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a>Lunch was taken outside on the wall with my butties, my book and my camera.<\/p>\n<p>And while I was there, I was treated to the interesting sight of three lizards side-by-side eating from the same piece of pear.<\/p>\n<p>It makes a change from fighting over it. They must be learning to trust each other after all of this time.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808066.jpg\" alt=\"la granvillaise baie de mont st michel granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a>But that wasn&#8217;t the only excitement that was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>There was a considerable amout of yachts and boats of all descriptions out there in the Baie de Mont St Michel, including our old friend <em>La Granvillaise<\/em> out there with a full load of passengers enjoying the sun.<\/p>\n<p>Makes me wish that I was out there with them.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808070.jpg\" alt=\"street musicians place cambernon granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a>And it looks as if we might be having some entertainment in the Place Cambernon this evening too. A group of musicians were out there doing a sound check.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as it was nice weather I loitered for a while in the vicinity to see if they were going to do a warming up session too so that I could see what they might be about, but it was clear after a while that they weren&#8217;t going to oblige.<\/p>\n<p>In the end I gave up the idea and left them to it.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, apart from talking to another pile of neighbours, I attacked another piece of correspondence that had been hanging around here for a while. I&#8217;m going to have to keep myself up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>And I was on the phone to Rosemary for quite a while &#8211; so much so that I missed my tea and ended up with a packet of crisps.<\/p>\n<p>No walk either this evening as I was watching football on the internet. Aberystwyth Town v Cardiff Metropolitan in the Welsh Premier League. Aber were really poor in the first half and were lucky to be only 3-0 down. They were much improved in the second half &#8211; although still some way off the pace &#8211; and the 4-1 final score was really rather flattering to them. Cardiff Met could have had half a dozen without too much effort.<\/p>\n<p>So now it&#8217;s bed time. Shops tomorrow and I need to stock up as I&#8217;m having visitors. I hope that they&#8217;ve stocked up in NOZ &#8211; and that they have some staff to person the tills too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808067.jpg\" alt=\"boats baie de mont st michel port de granville harbour manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a><br \/>\nboats baie de mont st michel port de granville harbour manche normandy france<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1808\/1808069.jpg\" alt=\"beach hang gliders plat gousset granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a><br \/>\nbeach hang gliders plat gousset granville manche normandy france<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-11000 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='11000' data-nonce='1421549def' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-11000 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-11000 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='11000' data-nonce='1421549def' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-11000 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-11000 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; a quiet day today, after all of the exertions of the last week or so. Much to my own surprise, I was out of bed after the first alarm. And that&#8217;s not happened for a while, has it? 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