During lunch, it was explained that from hereon it is my responsibility to put the oxygen, spare regulator and mask into the van we are to use (my second tranche of responsibility). Mala is to the East of the island. On the way from base at Costa Teguise (a minibus journey of about 30 minutes), […]
Got up early following dreamless heavy sleep. I took the time to make a few cheese and salad sandwiches for packed lunch before I heard my 7:30am 'wake-up' alarm go off. I was dressed and outside the gate for 8:30 and Laurence, the dive centre manager, pulled up just before twenty to providing me a […]
I started today. I am going to be working 6 days a week. On average I will be having Sunday off making an average of 2 dives per day. Pretty hard core I reckon, and brilliant. The morning was spent, completing paperwork and disclaimers in duplicate (Elf and Safety!!). Then putting kit together in a […]
Today i bought a bike from Babs. She had offered to rent it to me for €12 per week. I said I would think about it. I already knew that the bike was for sale for €100, I ate my sandwiches for lunch and when I had nearly finished, agreed to buy it from her. […]
Today I got off the Merry-go-round. It was pretty tense in the morning and time just flew away with itself. A zillion little loose ends, just not done. My late Dad's wife who from now I will refer to as 'Fni' has been so supportive; being the primary enabler of change, helping, encouraging with advice […]
My smoking experiment seems to be going well and I can now inhale without choking. Of late a friends grown-up daughter has been popping round. Ernest Winehouse' daughter, Susan, has been popping round. A month or so ago Ernest, a Conservative called my house as asked me on behalf of he and his wife to […]
I sent a letter to Razor care of the Sheppy Prison Cluster the week before last. I enclosed his glasses and asked if he could complete a visitor order, which I now know is the protocol. To date I have heard nothing back anf my time here in the UK is running out. I fly […]
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Not so long after I posted about the dude stealing my hat, I decided that enough was enough. I decided to report him to the law and hope that with the fuzz involved my guitar and hat might find their way home. I had left three weeks since the guitar was ‘borrowed’ for an hour […]
The other day I went to friends for dinner. They live about 25 minutes drive from Faversham in a place close to the middle of nowhere occupying an old water mill. The setting is idyllic and their family beautiful, with three generations sitting around the table eating wholesome food (including an apple and blackberry pie […]