{"id":7195,"date":"2016-11-13T21:02:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T21:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=7195"},"modified":"2016-11-13T21:02:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T21:02:49","slug":"sunday-13th-november-2016-i-didnt-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=7195","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 13th November 2016 – I DIDN’T GO …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… very far at all today. I made it down to the boulangerie<\/em> on the corner this morning for my baguette<\/em>. That was a stroll of almost 150 yards there and back I suppose.<\/p>\n

And at tea-time I went an extra 50 yards there and back to the take-away pizza place for a mushroom and onion pizza for tea.<\/p>\n

And that was my lot, I’m afraid.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless I did have some good luck while I was out this morning. There was another black plastic storage crate in the bin outside the supermarket – a big one this time – and so seeing as it was quite early and there was no-one about, I made sure that I liberated that. These are really nice and useful, these storage crates. Nice and lightweight and easy to carry.<\/p>\n

And I didn’t go far during the night either. Dunno if I went on a ramble because I don’t remember anything at all. I do know that I had to leave my bed several times though, especially round about 01:00 when someone came back and made quite a racket.<\/p>\n

I was there for breakfast at the usual time, and after the boulangerie<\/em>, I had something of a repose. In fact I had something of a repose on and off throughout the day. I must really have had a bad night last night.<\/p>\n

But I did crack on with the website somewhat, and made another good find on the internet. A kind of database that has been created to record events, happenings and documents about Labrador. And there were the sailing schedules for the “Alphabet ships” – the ships of the Newfoundland Railway that worked the coastal settlements once Labrador had been attached to Newfoundland in 1876. <\/p>\n

And it makes poignant reading too. Never mind abandoned communities such as Battle Harbour, the “capital” of Labrador back in those days. That settlement has been abandoned as a permanent habitation for over 50 years under the Canadian Government’s controversial resettlement plans, and is now merely a summer fishing station. What is even more sad is that many of the mailboat ports haven’t simply been abandoned, they have long-since disappeared from the map and their names are no longer recorded.<\/p>\n

Another surprise was that the owner came round to check up on the premises and we had a really good chat for a while. Who knows where our conversation will lead us,<\/p>\n

But now, an early night again. I hope that I can have a good night’s sleep and an exciting travel.<\/p>\n

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