{"id":11281,"date":"2018-10-28T17:24:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T17:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11281"},"modified":"2018-10-28T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T17:25:27","slug":"saturday-27th-october-2018-start-as-you-mean-to-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11281","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 27th October 2018 &#8211; START AS YOU MEAN TO GO ON!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely, so it was rather later than maybe it ought to have been before I crawled out of bed this morning.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s Saturday, and Saturday is shopping day, so I had my medication, had breakfast, and then had a shower.<\/p>\n<p>Not that there was much breakfast to have because unfortunately we seem to have had an accident. During the night the muesli that I had made the other day somehow managed to fall off the shelf and scatter all over the floor. That was a waste.<\/p>\n<p>on the way up to the shops I observed what might possibly be described as &#8220;an incident&#8221;. A crowd, including several <em>ambulanciers<\/em> together with their ambulance loitering on the edge of the quayside looking down towards the water.<\/p>\n<p>I would have gone over to ask them what was happening, except for the fact that there was nowhere to park. <\/p>\n<p>At LIDL there wasn&#8217;t much of any interest to tempt me &#8211; and even less than usual seeing as I&#8217;m not going to be here for a few days. But they did have a couple of things in the \u20ac1:00 bin &#8211; a wipe-off notice board, a set of A4 binders and a notepad with pen that will be much more use for taking notes around the house instead of on scraps of paper.<\/p>\n<p>BUT was next on the agenda. About this broken shelf. But apparently shelves aren&#8217;t included in the guarantee, as, I suppose, so is nothing else that might break down.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m rather disappointed that they had some really decent fridges and freezers on special offer at 30% off that would have been ideal for here. Much bigger and better value, but it&#8217;s too late now.<\/p>\n<p>NOZ had the usual rubbish too. Wine at \u20ac1:79 a bottle so I bought a few. Not for me, but I never seem to have anything to hand when I&#8217;m invited round to people&#8217;s houses or I have people round, so it&#8217;s gone into store in the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>They also had a new delivery of maps too, including a new map of all of Europe. Much better quality, much larger scale, much more modern and much more handy to use than the one in Caliburn that dates from &#8230; errr &#8230; 1992.<\/p>\n<p>I remember the issues that I had <a href=\"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?cat=3405\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">going around the Czech Republic in 2015<\/a> when I ended up navigating by the stars. High time that I updated everything.<\/p>\n<p>LeClerc came up with the usual stuff, but no sprouts. Even the price tag has been taken off the freezer now. It looks as if the next time I have space in the freezer I&#8217;ll have to freeze a pile more.<\/p>\n<p>But they did have frozen peas, and also frozen mushrooms, seeing as I somehow managed to leave the frozen mushrooms that I had bought the other day out on top of the freezer so they had all defrosted. <\/p>\n<p>With no-one keen to commit suicide on the car park today, I made it home without incident, made my butties and then went out to sit on the wall. <\/p>\n<p>But not for long. Even though it was a nice day, the savage wind was really too much for me. I came in and ate them in comfort.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon US Granville were playing at Avranches down the road in the <em>Coupe de France<\/em>. I had every intention of going, seeing as the kick-off was at 16:00, but at 15:00 when I should have set out for Avranches I was flat out on the bed, crashed out.<\/p>\n<p>When I awoke, I cleared up the muesli and vacuumed the kitchen area. But that was all that I could manage today.<\/p>\n<p>later on it was the birthday party of Nicole, the &#8220;mother&#8221; of Gribouille. I&#8217;d been invited and I&#8217;d bought a box of chocolates for her so I went round. It was raining outside by now. The weather had changed.<\/p>\n<p> We all had a good chat and something to eat, even though there wasn&#8217;t much for me.<\/p>\n<p>As is usual, I didn&#8217;t stay long. I can&#8217;t keep going like I used to do, so that was that. I managed a quick plate of pasta and veg tossed in olive oil.<\/p>\n<p>And that was that. Off to bed and an early start in the morning. Despite it being Sunday, I have the alarm set. 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But it&#8217;s Saturday, and Saturday is shopping day, so I had my medication, had breakfast, and then had a shower. 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