Another nice fathers day surprise, power tripped out. It's done it before, I suspect one socket in the lounge, it's directly below the en-suite shower AND coincidentally did it again when the shower was in use. There's a leak, we need a new shower...
Unplugging stuff and not using the shower will buy me a few days.
I got some presents and a cup of tea in bed today, lovely. Dad I have an actual present for you here too!
I got a "guide to Glastonbury" and The Examiner by Janice Hallett 1. I really enjoyed her other books. The guide to Glastonbury brings into focus that it's not long to go, in fact it'll be the final day of it two weeks from now. And I'm not packed yet! This guide has its own packing list, but the guy who wrote it suggests bringing three hats and premixed spirits. They're not on my list.
I'd better get on with it.
Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, 11 - 20℃.
Trying to book the last parts of our holiday, and the last train fare is looking tricky. If we were doing this journey now it would be an hour and twenty-five minutes, but on the day we need it it's three and a half hours. We only have the one day in this final destination so ideally need to get there! So instead we've booked a fast train to the next big town, then a bus! And the bus station is still a taxi ride away from where we want to be. It is an adventure. This trip is quite hard work. Not long now though.
Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, 11 - 20℃.
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Scattered clouds. 12 - 19℃
Habitat Radius chest of drawers just sold for £280, I was tempted by this one as a) we need one and b) it was a driveable collection. I really want the Habitat Radius Tallboy, but there's not one to be had, so now I'm thinking get one of these, swap with one of the boys, I get the tallboy and they have this.
Such a busy week with work and so on, and then such a busy day today with fun, will report separately..
A clear sky and a moderate breeze, 11 - 20℃.
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🚶 12:01 Shepway Walking 129'38
Some things missing from the graph since September 2023, working on getting them back just kind of hoping someone else will fix it and they'll come back.
Clear. 13 - 19℃
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🚶 17:32 Shepway Walking 69'10
🚶 08:25 Shepway Walking 24'20
Light rain. Clear. 18 - 24℃
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Passing clouds. 17 - 22℃
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🚶 18:12 Shepway Walking 51'39
Sunny. 11 - 20℃
Hmm I suddenly rediscovered an old pension the other day, not terribly old, just from the job before this one. I just got an illustration for it by email and there's more in there than I thought! Still not enough to retire on any time soon, but it's all good when these numbers go up instead of down. My main one will still be the current pension. Even though I've only been paying in five years I'm paying in a lot more than I ever did previously. So even if it doesn't grow much through clever management it will keep growing while I keep paying in.
Took Clare to the station this morning, so I keep the car in case T1 has any bus problems getting to school for today's maths exam. Probably the last maths GCSE exam? Then I'll pick him up at lunchtime and hopefully he'll come home and study. Only two more left after this I think. T2 went off to school in a right moody because I made him too much breakfast and then took his books away from him so a) we could tidy up a bit before the cleaners get here and b) so he'd eat something instead of grazy old Minecraft books...
Bloke from Octopus Energy 1 is going to be talking at Glastonbury again. Last time he had Idris Elba on stage with him apparently. I said already I will go to more talks this year and fewer bands.
Should be a nice day, warm, though if it's like yesterday it will be warm enought but still a bit breezy and grey. Think they said on Radio 4 it will get up to thirty degrees by Friday and that could be too hot! Bring it on.
On the trains again, a friend is also commuting in today (I'm going on in tomorrow), they said they'd heard from the coffee man things are much quieter these days, fewer customers, less coffee sold. Speaking of which time for me to make one now. I actually look forward to the start of a new working day as it means it's time for more coffee from my coffee machine! And I think I have parcels arriving today, new sunglasses. Life is pretty good!
Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, 12 - 20℃.
Guessing 2534 cups of coffee from my espresso machine 2 probably comes to £0.92 per cup (including 3+ years of coffee beans and servicing 2 so not the 'leccy).
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Clear. 11 - 21℃
Not quite sure how this came up in my recommendations 1, I definitely wasn't search for plague era cos play. I'm sure I was only looking at bucket hats. But there you go, it came up and now I'm thinking I like it.
It is probably that the ai knows me better than I know myself. "Oh yes, he thinks he's browsing sun hats for his holiday, but deep down I know he's daydreaming about being in a Dogs D'Amour video"..
I have collected T1 from school, this morning's biology exam went well.
https://www.sportpursuit.com looks to have been a good tip from Richy for clothes. I was originally looking for sunglasses, and have ordered some from there, and a hoodie too. Now I'm looking at new trousers and pants and socks and everything. It seems to be a bit like a tkmaxx for outdoor type stuff, like it's all end of line discounts maybe. I am trying to tell the boys they need some new stuff for holidays.
Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, 11 - 17℃.
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🚶 18:00 Shepway Walking 42'48
Clear. 12 - 17℃
It's happening... ticket should be here in the next couple of days.
I found someone new I'd like to see while I'm there. Well not new, the very opposite of new. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is playing on the main stage.
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