{"id":7250,"date":"2016-11-27T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T10:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=7250"},"modified":"2016-11-27T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T10:34:24","slug":"saturday-26-november-2016-its-not-been-my-lucky-day-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=7250","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 26 November 2016 – IT’S NOT BEEN MY LUCKY DAY TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went out for my bag of chips tonight as usual, only to find that the chip shop is closed for its annual holidays this weekend.<\/p>\n

But no matter – I went off to Bohan. I’d heard that there was a football match on tonight at 20:00. <\/p>\n

I arrived there at 19:30 and found a signpost to the football ground – exactly where I had expected it to be from a quick view of an aerial photograph. I could even see the floodlights too, which confirmed that a night match was eminently possible. But when I arrived, the place was in total darkness. and that’s how it stayed. <\/p>\n

I went for a drive up along the river into France and toured around for half an hour, but on the way back I passed by the ground again and – still in darkness.<\/p>\n

\"bohan<\/a>I went back to the centre of the town of Bohan and parked up Caliburn in order to go for a wander around and see what was going on. And I was surprised to find that, for such a small town, it was a thriving hive of industry. <\/p>\n

There is a small Delhaize supermarket for a start, and then one or two other shops including a boulangerie<\/em>, and more than half a dozen restaurants, including a pizzeria which was interesting to discover. <\/p>\n

I made a good note of all of these. The supermarket is enough to entice me back on Monday to do some shopping instead of going to Alle – it’s about the same distance. And I’ll be able to see the town in the daylight too.
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\"bohan<\/a>But my walk did take me to a cafe-type of place stuck in a corner of the square. This was a fast-food restaurant too and they served up some of the nicest chips that I have ever had – and that’s saying something. And so I had my chips after all. <\/p>\n

A shame about the football but at least it brought me out of my cocoon and into a new situation and a new town with some good facilities. And as I said – I’ll be back in the daylight to have a better look. Just you wait to find out that Monday is its official day of closing. That’s what usually happens, isn’t it?
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Once I had managed to drop off to sleep, I had a really good night. Well away in fact without a single disturbance.<\/p>\n

I’d been on my travels too – off visiting my brother of all people and then I had to return because I was taking an exam which consisted of three subjects, for which I was not prepared at all. There were half a dozen of us and as we were glancing through the question paper I suddenly realised that I had left the notes that I needed, along with my house keys, in my jacket which I had left at my brother’s. I had to telephone him to arrange for him to bring them up, but it meant that I would have to leave the room in which case I would be disqualified and have to resit it. But if I didn’t have my notes I would fail, in which case I would have to resit it anyway.
\nSometime later I was driving Claude and Fran\u00e7oise somewhere and dropped them off where they had to walk about 100 yards to wherever they were going. They told me how I could work my way back through the village to return to where I had come from, but I wondered why I couldn’t simply do a U-turn and go back the way that I came.<\/p>\n

First down to breakfast, and before the staff yet again, and by the time I’d finished I was still alone. But at least the old man who waits on had a little chat to me, which made a change.<\/p>\n

And apart from talking to Liz, I cracked well on with my web pages. I’ve arrived in Happy Valley-Goose Bay in Central Labrador and I reckon that I’ll be there for a good few days now. There’s tons of stuff to write about, including how two countries walked in to a third country and built a wharf and an airfield, without even a word to the country concerned.<\/p>\n

Later on, I had a shower, washed my clothes for the last couple of days and put on some clean ones. And then seeing as the noxious brat had been let loose in the lounge, I hit the road for my appointment with destiny.<\/p>\n

But well-fed and watered, I’m back here now. Another early night, I hope, Then we’ll see if I can have a really good night’s sleep again. I feel much better when I’ve had a decent sleep and I’ve already had a little crash out just now.<\/p>\n

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