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\"industrial<\/a>… looking up here in Granville. And not before time either, I have to say.<\/p>\n

Regular readers of this rubbish will recall that the other day I posted a photo of a vegan meal on offer at the local take-out bakery. Admittedly that’s a specialty local baker who cooks on the premised, but today I can post a photo of some industrial vegan bread on sale in the LeClerc hypermarket.<\/p>\n

How about that for progress?
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We’ve had a little progress here today too. I heard both the first and second alarms go off and then began to drift off into the arms of Morpheus again (hardly a surprise seeing as it was 01:30 when I went to bed and it was now about 06:10)<\/p>\n

Anyway, I snatched myself out of it in a desperate attempt to beat the third alarm, only to find that it was in fact just 06:14 – still 6 minutes to go. In fact, by the time the alarm went off I was having my medication.<\/p>\n

At about 09:10 I hit the streets today but before that I’d had breakfast, had a shower and done some dictaphone notes.<\/p>\n

But outside I headed for LIDL. And although I didn’t spend too much, I did pick up a clothes airer, the type that hangs over a radiator. It’s not very big and doesn’t take too many clothes, but at least it’s an improvement on hanging it all in the bedroom window in this weather.<\/p>\n

And that reminds me – I did a machine-load of washing while I was out.<\/p>\n

Noz was next, and there was nothing of any great interest there. I only spent 4-odd Euros. But they did have some rubbish knitwear in a bin at \u20ac0:99 and I found a woolly hat … “to go on your woolly head” – ed<\/em> … that was just about my size. And that’s important seeing as mine is in the pocket of the jacket that is hanging up in a hotel in Calgary.<\/p>\n

Dodging the gilets jaunes<\/em> who were out if force today – about a dozen of them – I headed for LeClerc.<\/p>\n

\"industrial<\/a>We’ve seen one lot of vegan industrial bakery and here’s a second. It’s actually a brioche<\/em> – that which Marie-Antoinette told the peasants to eat when they said that they had no bread.<\/p>\n

It’s perfectly true by the way that this isn’t the first lot of vegan industrial bread at LeClerc. A year or so ago we had vegan croissants and vegan pains au chocolat<\/em> but all of that was somewhat ephemeral. I hope that they stick around this time.<\/p>\n

Once more, I didn’t spend much money here although I did buy some fresh ginger. Jackie has given me her recipe for a cold lemon and ginger drink and I’m determined to try it.
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\"bad<\/a>One thing that features quite often in these pages is the subject of pathetic parking, as regular readers of this rubbish will recall.<\/p>\n

And it doesn’t get more pathetic than this. A huge car park that can probably accommodate a couple of thousand vehicles, and this guy parks in the access road right outside the front door.<\/p>\n

The access road is pretty narrow there and it’s right by one of the three doors out of the hypermarket, so it’s obstructing the pedestrian access too.
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That wasn’t all either. Final stop was at BUT. I’d had a voucher for \u20ac50 off for this weekend in view of the purchases I made there a while ago. And as my office chair has now officially collapsed, I went to see what they had.<\/p>\n

So now in the back of Caliburn is a replacement chair which will be installed in here tomorrow. I hope that it’s as comfortable as the demonstration one was.<\/p>\n

\"wedding<\/a>While I was having lunch I heard a commotion out at the back.<\/p>\n

My living room overlooks the Public Rooms and they are quite often hired out for activities. Today it looks as if we are having a wedding out there.<\/p>\n

So here we are then, complete with confetti. And I hope that they will be very happy together.
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After lunch I did a few more dictaphone entries and by the time that I had lost interest, I’d reduced the number to just 38. A good week on those should hopefully see them off and then I’ll start on my photos for the four months that I was away this summer.<\/p>\n

But having lost interest, I remembered that I had some washing to put out and also some food to put away. And now the freezer is officially full again. Nothing else will go in there at all.<\/p>\n

Some tidying up too, and a play around on the new guitar. And I’ve decided that it’s really good. I’m quite enjoying it.<\/p>\n

\"christmas<\/a>A quick glance at the clock showed me that it was 17:10. I shouldn’t be here because US Granville are at home against FC Lorient.<\/p>\n

Back out on foot and I stormed through the crowds and right across town to the ground. On the way though I stopped to photograph this house in the Route de Villedieu.<\/p>\n

It seems that Christmas is coming early for some people.
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At the ground, some more exciting news. US Granville are away at some team in Brittany next Saturday night and the club has laid on a free bus for the supporters.<\/p>\n

There was a free place too, but there isn’t now! I’m going to have a day out!<\/p>\n

\"us<\/a>As for the match itself, it was another one of those rather aimless games where Granville had no shape and no plan either, relying on breakaways out of a congested midfield.<\/p>\n

It almost worked too, but they had an early goal disallowed for offside and also a very dubious offside give against a forward who was nowhere near interfering with play.<\/p>\n

Lorient took the lead late in the game and never really looked like conceding it. Top of the table they are, and they deserved the win.<\/p>\n

But there were some bizarre substitutions out there. Most of Lorient’s good work was coming down the left wing from a combination of left-back and left midfielder. So both of them were substituted, and I’m still wondering why.<\/p>\n

Granville were no better than this. They have a forward who doesn’t look as if he does much but he always sticks a foot out and score a goal at a crucial moment. But they took him off and replaced him with someone who hasn’t done very much at all.<\/p>\n

And they have a forward whose energy and keenness is unmatched. He was kept on the bench until it was far too late for him to be doing any good.
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By the time we left it was raining heavily so I didn’t hang about on the way home – even running up part of the steep hill to reach the apartment.<\/p>\n

And tea was out of a tin too, as is usual on a Saturday when i’ve been footballing.<\/p>\n

But now I’m off to bed. i’m really tired (no surprise) and looking forward to my lie-in. And I wonder if those two people who buttonholed me in the street did manage to fond an open pizzeria.<\/p>\n

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