Lovely wine tasting afternoon with https://www.curedandsmoked.co.uk in Hythe yesterday. Perfect timing for me to be cutting down the amount of wine I am drinking. Maybe I just cut down the volume of wine I am drinking but still drink nice wines? We tried about a dozen yesterday, mostly Spanish. We started with a cava, had a few Hungarian rieslings in the middle and ended with some reds and then a sherry. I bought the rioja that was really good, I will buy some more, I made a list. I brought the rioja home and then remembered my plan not to fall asleep in front of the tv drinking wine. So I fell asleep in front of the tv without the wine. We watched Amazing Spiderman 2 while wife was out at her hen do. Not her hen do, you know what I mean.
This morning we walked back to Hythe for cricket club. There is a match on Friday! It's too early, surely, he can't play this match, he's only been to two sessions. It clashing with my planned trip to the Potting Shed is not why he shouldn't do it.
Today just chores I think, a Tesco run, get uniforms ready for tomorrow. Oh then I can sit and read my comics I bought yesterday. Then start the week again.
Folkestone parkrun results for event #537. Your time was 00:26:56.
Congratulations on completing your 226th parkrun and your 205th at Folkestone parkrun today. You finished in 173rd place out of a field of 463 parkrunners. You were the 146th male and came 18th in your age category VM50-54. Take a look at this week's full set of results on our website. Your PB at Folkestone parkrun remains 00:20:50. Your best time this year remains 00:24:35.
Jobs done for the day, given lifts, bought comics, booked laptop in for diagnosis / repair. Now lunch, then wine tasting in Hythe. It's lovely a sunny out, and the wine tasting is outside, so that works out well.
🚶 15:05 Shepway Walking 49'33 - Walking to wine tasting.
🏃 09:02 Shepway Running5.0K, 5'13/K - A very hot park run today, unexpectedly. It was quite chilly in the house so I put on my hoodie, that was way too hot for that, so had to stop part way round to take it off. I think I've gone and left a hooded top on the railings at parkrun again last week. That's two I've lost in this way. At least that was a cheap one, a cheap one I bought because I lost my quite expensive one that way before... Today I tied it around my waist, can't spare another one. Atarted late. I got up there slightly late because of dropping T1 off at work. I was not actually late, but I had to start right at the back. Now it's done. I'm going to walk to the comic shop...
Only run this week.
Second worse pace for a 09/05.
Today I ran outside.
Just updated my discography page, I don't do it very often. I see my Black Sabbath album has just dropped in price, it was at number one with an estimate of over £200, now it's down at number seven and only £127... is it because of stuff Sharon Osbourne has said? Or has some of the shine gone off saint ozzy now he's been gone for a while? Pulp now take the top slot.
Pulp - His 'N' Hers - 1994 (Vinyl) Near Mint (NM or M-), Framed and on the wall, our favourite albums all are. £193.09
David Devant And His Spirit Wife - Work, Lovelife, Miscellaneous - 1997 (Vinyl, Vinyl, All Media) Mint (M), Got two copies of this, this one is still sealed. Framed and on the wall. £169.21
The Cure - The Head On The Door - 1985 (Vinyl) Framed on the wall. I've now got a picture disc of this too. £153.00
David Devant And His Spirit Wife - Work, Lovelife, Miscellaneous - 1997 (Vinyl, Vinyl, All Media) Near Mint (NM or M-), Got two copies of this, this one is open and has been played. £151.40
Suede - Suede - 1993 (Vinyl) Near Mint (NM or M-), Framed and on the wall. £130.05
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 1973 (Vinyl) Very Good (VG), Bargain boot fair purchase in the days before the vinyl revival £127.05
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - 1989 (Vinyl) Very Good Plus (VG+), Framed and on the wall. £114.71
The Beatles - Revolver - 1966 (Vinyl) Good (G), Mum's. Framed and on the wall. £113.89
The Darkness - Permission To Land - 2003 (Vinyl) Near Mint (NM or M-), Framed and on the wall. £109.71
I have pretty much spent my premium bonds money. Bought some new trousers to wear to a wedding in a few weeks, and a train ticket for tomorrow.
No time for an evening walk as I had to leg it to Tesco to pick up some more curry bits for tea. I thought I had bought a meal deal for four at the weekend, but of course it was only for two.
Bird noises anyway. Up earlyish, wife off to London, I was putting the bins out and could hear a sort of cuckooing sound. Surely pigeons, but a nice sound anyway, among the other tweeting. It has the sound of going to be a nice day out there, going to warm up I think.
The birdsong does sound sweeter of course when I have won £225 on the premium bonds. I'm the only winner this month I think. In our house I mean, I expect there were other winners.
We will start looking at holidays in about two weeks. I said to wife I had looked at Cornwall, checking out what difference it made getting the train and hiring a car down there or driving all the way, and she said why?? We're going abroad apparently, whatever it takes. This war being on might affect that though surely?
Those gigs I said I was going to are coming up this week, that's come around fast, think I'm not going to any of them then. David Devant are playing Ramsgate and St Leonard's and Bloodworm are playing London. Keen to go to something though, I wish there was a Glastonbury. I'd be getting excited and packing for that about now.
Day out in Rochester was great yesterday. Bit of a pain to get to, no easy trains, had to drive. The drive itself OK but as we got close we saw signs for a park and ride for the festival, and realised our original plan to park in the centre (not really knowing about the festiva) was probably not a goer. We parked at the park and ride, a temporary thing at the university campus by Chatham Dockyard and got the free bus in Rochester.
Rochester very busy, looks an interesting place anyway, much nicer than expected. The sweeps festival is a thing they do every May Day bank holiday. Lots of live music everywhere, lots of morris dancers, a fair, a record fair, all sorts. We had a bimble around and headed into the castle, our original plan. English Heritage see, so free for us. Doesn't take long to do the castle keep.
I found the record fair too intimidating, too much choice, so didn't look properly.
We went to a micropub looking place that looked great, The Wolfe and Castle.
Wife liked it a lot, lots of choice of craft beers. But not so much for me, no actual real ale, all cans and keg. We did find another one just out of town that was good, The Nag's Head, it had beer and a pool table, we played lots of pool. The one beer they had was so so, an Iron Pier hazy IPA, I did not love it. It was not a beer day for me luckily as I had to drive anyway. Then back to the centre of Rochester for a restaurant we had booked, Amore, Italian.
Best rated place in Rochester, and it was very nice indeed. Pasta and bread and olives and salad for everyone, very good, very tasty. Then back to the bus, to the car, the long drive home, and a bit of TV. A great bank holiday.
We canned our trip to London and instead changed to Rochester as T1 had to be back to go out this evening. But now that's off and we could have gone to London after all... Still sticking with Rochester though, we're not very good with last minute changes of plans.
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