{"id":13841,"date":"2020-11-27T23:08:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T23:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=13841"},"modified":"2020-11-27T23:08:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T23:08:21","slug":"friday-27th-november-2020-having-not-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=13841","title":{"rendered":"Friday 27th November 2020 – HAVING NOT GONE …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… to bed until 02:30 this morning, I totally surprised myself by actually being up and about at 06:30.<\/p>\n

Mind you, I needn’t have bothered for all the good that I’ve done today. I’ve not been able to get started today and I’m getting rather fed up of this.<\/p>\n

So having slowly recovered from my extremely lethargic start and taken my medication, I listened to last night’s adventures on the dictaphone. Despite only being asleep for less than 4 hours, I still managed to find time to wander off.<\/p>\n

There needed to be a big marriage in this family in a house very much like my old Grammar School and for some unknown reason they chose me to impersonate the bride. I was OK doing that until the groom appeared along with a couple of wedding cars. Then it became a kind of Brian Rix farce scampering around with all of this. My brother threatened to tell this guy and was making all kinds of suggestions. In the end he said that he needed someone to comfort him and console him, and the groom volunteered. I thought “that’s great. It will get rid of him. I can grab my shoes and clear off”. But I couldn’t find my shoes – I could only find one. The place was an absolute tip with presents and wrapping paper and everything around. But I could only find one shoe, which meant that I was stuck there. This guy came back down again and started to make some story about we needed to get this place tidied up. That was not what was going on in my mind at all. I was hoping to find a way to distract his attention so I could go but I had to find my shoes first and possibly my money and computer and loads of other things but the place was in such a mess that I couldn’t find anything.<\/p>\n

It sounds rather like my place right now where I don’t even seem to have the energy to take the rubbish out to the bin.<\/p>\n

Most of the day has been spent working on the arrears of when I was in Central Europe back in the summer, although you wouldn’t actually notice. My excuse that “much of the time was spent researching” isn’t really valid. It’s a far cry from the days 15 years ago when I could sit down and dash off 10,0000 words in a session without really thinking about it and without losing concentration and it’s making me even more depressed. Thank heaven that there’s music.<\/p>\n

It will be no surprise to anyone that I crashed out round about midday. Crashed out good ‘n’ proper too, for more than an hour or so, curled up on the chair.<\/p>\n

And so deep was I in it that I actually went off on a voyage. I was living with a large family and it was a weekend. I was wondering if all of the shops in Crewe had now reopened as I was thinking about going to B&Q for an exterior light for my house at Gainsborough Road and finally getting round to sorting a few things out there, but it was only a half-hearted thing. I was picturing myself doing some wiring but using some green flexible trunking. We were talking about things to do around the house to entertain us and I suggested a party. Someone wondered if I was being serious but I asked them if we had any jelly and cakes in ready. Feeling hungry, I went to the fridge where I had a tin of sweets and took one out, but I didn’t have the time to eat it as I found a Mickey Mouse cut-out of mine so took it over to the settee, sat down and went to put it in a folder. That mad me think about work, how I didn’t really like it and how I was creating arrears but thought then that I could always leave as I’m over the Retirement Age (how many times have I had this dream?) but then the downside would be that I would be really bored and going round in circles like I am now. The little girl came to sit by me with her big black long-haired cat that she was stroking. After a couple of minutes she got up to go somewhere and put the cat on my knee. That awoke me with a start.<\/p>\n

At least my butternut squash soup was delicious even though it was quite late. And that was another thing – when I awoke from my little reverie I had the strangest feeling that I’d actually already eaten my lunch.<\/p>\n

Back at my insipid work after lunch, up until walkies time and then I forced myself to go out into the cold.<\/p>\n

\"Granville<\/a>And cold it really was too. Winter has definitely arrived now in Normandy.<\/p>\n

The sea fog that we saw yesterday morning – or would have done had the camera worked properly, it was back again. Or maybe it hadn’t gone away. The whole of the coast was shrouded in it and visibility was only about 7 or 8 miles, as you can tell from this photo.<\/p>\n

You can just about see the coast beyond Donville les Bains, but not much further. It’s certainly a foretaste of things to come and I think that it’s going to be a cold one this year. We haven’t actually had a really cold winter for a while
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\"sun<\/a>The brats were out orienteering on the lawn again and I helped a little one find a marker that she was looking for, and then I pushed on.<\/p>\n

Round on the headland we had another one of these beautiful sunny effects where rays of sunshine shine through the gaps in the clouds and make pretty patterns on the water. It’s not as spectacular as the one a week or so ago but it’s pretty good all the same.<\/p>\n

Nothing else going on out at sea so I continued on my way. Too many people around for a decent run so I had a nice sedate walk.
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\"ceres<\/a>While I’d been round at the headland I’d heard the sound of an old diesel motor chugging away somewhere so I was wondering what was going on.<\/p>\n

And it seems to be all excitement this afternoon at the chantier navale<\/em>. The green fishing boat that we saw in there yesterday seems to have disappeared but nstead they’ve hauled out another one from the water and dropped her on blocks.<\/p>\n

I’ve no idea who she is, so I suppose that I’ll have to make further enquiries. But whoever she is, she’ll be in good company there with the yacht and with Ceres II<\/em> who seem to have settled in for the Duration.
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\"trawler<\/a>Sudenly the engine that I heard revved up. It’s the engine on the mobile boat lift and as I watched, it over-rode the new fishing vessel and they wrapped the lifting tackle around it.<\/p>\n

Moving her off to a new more permanent location I imagine. I waited for a while to see but they didn’t seem to be in too much of a hurry.<\/p>\n

But can you see the driver’s cab of the boat lift? he has a good view of what’s going on around him while he’s in motion. But it’s quite a beast, that. They need something like that here for lifting the boats in and out of the water. 100 tonnes is no lightweight.
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Back at the apartment I made a coffee and then carried on with my paper-stirring until it was time to practise the guitar. At least all of that went well and I had an enjoyable time. Thank heaven there’s music.<\/p>\n

Tea was taco rolls and rice followed by another slice of my pie with banana sorbet.<\/p>\n

\"trench<\/a>After tea, I had to dash out pretty smartish-like for my runs as there would be football on the internet later.<\/p>\n

It was another day where I really wasn’t feeling up to all that much but I persevered all the same and managed my 6 runs, to some kind of degree. One of the legs of my runs goes past the other end of the trench that we saw yesterday. There’s no light here at all so you can’t see very much of it but anyway …<\/p>\n

On I pushed round to the viewpoint over looking the Place Marechal Foch.
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\"christmas<\/a>Although there was nothing going on down in the Place, there was some excitement happening in the Avenue de la Liberation.<\/p>\n

Here we are, the first Christmas lights of the year, shining away in the biscuit shop over there. A sure sign that Christmas is coming. Next it will be the public lighting that we’ve seen them installing throughout the town over the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

So I cleared off again, running across the Square Maurice Marland and making my way home via the shorter route rather than going by the walls. I was in a hurry.
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\"parking<\/a>It’s been quite a while since we went up the Rue Notre Dame so I was wondering if we’d see any changes along there.<\/p>\n

Not really, I have to say. After all, it was quite dark. But it looks as if there is going to be yet more digging up of the road here, as if there hasn’t already been enough, judging by the fact that some of the parking is now fenced off.<\/p>\n

There was a public notice pinned to one of the hurdles but the weather had got to that before I did, so I couldn’t see what it said.<\/p>\n

Back in the apartment, I just about made the kick-off. Bala Town were playing Newtown and, to be honest, Bala had far too much in the tank for Newtown. Nevertheless although Newtown’s defence stood up well, they were undone by a couple of moments of magic down the right wing. A score of 3-1 to Bala was probably about right, I reckon, and no-one can complain about this.<\/p>\n

And, rather shamefully, I fell asleep for a couple of minutes in the middle of the game.
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Not an early night tonight again, unfortunately. One of these days I’ll manage a good, decent sleep without oversleeping. I’ve no idea when that will be, though.<\/p>\n

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