{"id":21113,"date":"2026-05-13T19:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=21113"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:06:26","slug":"wednesday-13th-may-2026-and-there-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=21113","title":{"rendered":"
Wednesday 13th May 2026 – AND THERE I … <\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"

… was again, thinking that last night was going to be the same as the previous two or three that I have had. <\/p>\n

However, it wasn’t quite to be, but as the Duke of Wellington said after the battle of Waterloo, it was "the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life"<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Actually, things started off that way. I began to write up the blog notes at about 19:30 but as usual, I was sidetracked much more than I would have liked to be, and by the time that I’d finished the notes and done everything else that I needed to do before going to bed, it was more like 21:30 when I finally slid under the covers.<\/p>\n

As usual, it took a while to go off to sleep, and there I lay until all of 01:00. <\/p>\n

It wasn’t a coughing fit that awoke me but a howling gale that had sprung up outside. It wasn’t ‘arf making a racket and anyone pushing up the daisies from underneath the surface of the churchyard up the road would not only have been awake but probably walking around. <\/p>\n

Being wide awake, I took the opportunity to go for a ride on the porcelain horse and then came back here to climb into bed.<\/p>\n

At the rate that things were going, I thought that the wind would keep me awake for the rest of the night. However, after about an hour or so, I must have gone back to sleep, which certainly makes a change just recently.<\/p>\n

When the alarm went off, I struggled into an upright position and then had to wait for the room to stop spinning so that I could think about standing up. And once I’d summoned up the energy and the courage, I headed off into the bathroom to sort myself out. <\/p>\n

In the kitchen, I had my energy drink and medication and then came back in here to listen to the dictaphone to find out what had gone on during the night. But to my dismay, there was nothing on it. What a disappointment! Still, never mind. It gave me an opportunity to catch up on a few other things.<\/p>\n

Isabelle the Nurse turned up as usual and we had a chat about the weather while she sorted out my legs. It’s sunny outside but cold, and the gale is still raging. I hope that it will be gone by Thursday when I have to go to dialysis.<\/p>\n

After she left, I made breakfast and read some more of Charles Roach Smith’s THE ANTIQUITIES OF RICHBOROUGH, RECULVER, AND LYMNE, IN KENT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And I might have known! Back in the introduction he mentioned “my friend Thomas Wright” so I ought to have guessed what would come soon afterwards. Mind you, we have to wait until page sixteen for the first mention of “Richard of Cirencester”.<\/p>\n

By the time we reach page eighteen, we have "it may be mantioned that the authority of Richard of Cirencester’s ‘De Situ Britannia’ has been questioned’ … Hatcher, in his preface to his translation, has ably combatted the objections brought against the original of the itinerary… But what no cavilling can set aside is his itinerary."<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

So there we go again. <\/p>\n

Back in here, I had a few things to finish off and then I began to write the rest of the radio notes. There was however, a brief pause while I sent off my food order to LeClerc.<\/p>\n

Once I’d finished, I went for a disgusting drink break and then came back in here, where I began to research the next programme. <\/p>\n

Later on, I went into the kitchen to do some more tidying and throw away some more stuff that was lingering in the fridge. How I hate throwing away food, but as I have said before … "and on many occasions too" – ed<\/em> … if I’m not eating it and it begins to grow legs, there’s really no other alternative.<\/p>\n

The Leclerc order then turned up, and I managed to put everything away and to sort out and put away the delivery bags. But I’ve found, to my dismay, that I’ve forgotten to order the taco wraps and that is going to be a real inconvenience.<\/p>\n

By now, I was totally exhausted and so I came in here to collapse into my chair for a while to recover. But I managed to find some energy from somewhere and all of the music for the next programme has now been selected, remixed and re-edited, paired and segued, and all that remains is to write the notes. I’ve no idea where that energy came from. <\/p>\n

So right now, I’ll take my evening medication, finish off a few things and then climb into bed. I’ve had a better day today and I seem to be a little more energetic and enthusiastic. I hope that this improvement will continue. <\/p>\n

But before I go, seeing as we have been talking about the high winds … "well, one of us has" – ed<\/em> …regular readers of this rubbish will recall that about eighteen months ago, we had gusts of wind touching two hundred kph.
\nShortly afterwards, i met a guy whom I knew who told me that he had had enough and was moving.
\n"Where are you going?"<\/em><\/strong> I asked him.
\n"About ten miles inland to La Haye-Pesnel"<\/em><\/strong> he replied.
\n"Why there?"<\/em><\/strong> I asked.
\n"Because that’s where my house has gone."<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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