{"id":11569,"date":"2019-01-18T22:38:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T22:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11569"},"modified":"2019-02-09T18:23:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T18:23:10","slug":"friday-18th-january-2019-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11569","title":{"rendered":"Friday 18th January 2019 &#8211; PART TWO &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; of &#8220;hunt the passport&#8221; continued today.<\/p>\n<p>And without success.<\/p>\n<p>The alarms went off this morning at the usual time. And much to my surprise, I went off very quickly afterwards. And that&#8217;s not like me these days, is it?<\/p>\n<p>And so we started off with an early breakfast and then after the usual morning performance with the usual things to do, I started to attack the bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>First off, I stripped out the bed. I practically dismantled it as well but there was no trace of it around there.<\/p>\n<p>Next stop was to empty out all of the suitcases and rucksacks to see whether I&#8217;d left it in there at all.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing a blank, I emptied out the huge cupboard in here. I even checked the pockets of the coats that were hanging up there as well as emptying out the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>The chest of drawers was next. All of the clothes came out and everything there was examined. Following that, the desk and the filing cabinets were searched.<\/p>\n<p>The European Paper Mountain was checked thoroughly for any sign of it. That took me an age.<\/p>\n<p>So by the end of the day I can safely say that wherever it might be, it&#8217;s not in the bedroom. And that surprises me. For here on the form that I had to fill in the other day is the number of the passport. And how did I do that if I didn&#8217;t have the passport here?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not at the Bank either, and it&#8217;s not at LIDL because I telephoned them to see.<\/p>\n<p>One avenue that I haven&#8217;t explored is that the last time that I remembered having it, it was on the train back from K\u00f6ln to Aachen just before Christmas. But as I have said before &#8230; <em>&#8220;and on many occasions too&#8221; &#8211; ed<\/em> &#8230; I have the best friends in the world. And Jackie is going to get on the case tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I was also the victim of one of these cold telephone callers today. I was called 7 times by the same company and so in the end I told them that if they telephoned me once more I&#8217;d call the Police.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing that I&#8217;ve had issues with today is the wi-fi. This evening it seemed to disconnect itself definitively. In the end, I had to hard-wire it. Let&#8217;s see what this can do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901061.jpg\" alt=\"neptune english channel granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a>This afternoon I had several surprises. Firstly, there offshore was <em>Neptune<\/em>, on its way out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>She wasn&#8217;t in harbour yesterday evening when I was out for my walk but it appears that she sailed &#8230; <em>&#8220;dieseled&#8221; &#8211; ed<\/em> &#8230; into port at 22:15 from Ramsgate.<\/p>\n<p>That must have been a quick turnround for her to leave so quickly, and she&#8217;s now off to Ridham, near Sittingbourne in Kent with her load of asphalt stone.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901059.jpg\" alt=\"french navy ship ile de chausey granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a>Secondly, there was another ship sailing out into the English Channel past the Ile de Chausey.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by her colour and shape, she&#8217;s a warship of some description. More than likely, a French naval vessel because I couldn&#8217;t imagine a warship of any other navy being in the Baie de Mont St Michel without there being some kind of fanfare about it<\/p>\n<p>From what I can see, she seems to be bearing the number P724 and that might indicate that she&#8217;s an <em>Athos<\/em> class patrol boat launched in 1979.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901063.jpg\" alt=\"moon granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a>Round the headland and down by the harbour there was a beautiful view of the moon there.<\/p>\n<p>Not quite a full moon, but impressive nevertheless. And the photo was taken with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IXPa9G\" target=\"_blank\">big 300mm zoom lens<\/a> but held with the hand, not a tripod. So my hand was steadier than I might otherwise have thought.<\/p>\n<p>But on that note, I returned to my apartment to carry on with whatever I was doing.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t think of what to eat for tea so in the end it was a plate of pasta and veg in tomato sauce. But while I was waiting for it to cook I prepared another kilo of carrots for freezing.<\/p>\n<p>Outside on my walk around the walls this evening I was completely on my own. Hardly surprising, because it was raining and windy too.<\/p>\n<p>Part Three of &#8220;hunt the passport&#8221; is tomorrow. I&#8217;m not likely to find it either. But I do know when it will come to light &#8211; probably about three hours after I&#8217;ve sent off my demand for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one of those occasions, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901060.jpg\" alt=\"neptune english channel granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a><br \/>\nneptune english channel granville manche normandy france<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901062.jpg\" alt=\"fishing boat port de granville harbour manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a><br \/>\nfishing boat port de granville harbour manche normandy france<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1901\/1901064.jpg\" alt=\"neptune granville manche normandy france\" height=\"204\" width=\"300\"><\/a><br \/>\nneptune english channel 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-11569 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='11569' data-nonce='15be513adc' 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-11569 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-11569 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='11569' data-nonce='15be513adc' 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-11569 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-11569 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; of &#8220;hunt the passport&#8221; continued today. And without success. The alarms went off this morning at the usual time. And much to my surprise, I went off very quickly afterwards. And that&#8217;s not like me these days, is it? 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