Inchcock Today: Sun 4 Oct 15:

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Sunday 4^th October 2015

Stirred and struggled to the WC at 0420hrs.

Problems with the haemorrhoids this morning – took a while to stop em bleeding and they were giving out an oddly, different pain?

The reflux valve had calmed down nicely. Arthur Itis and Ann Gyna were behaving themselves too. Little Inchy not bleeding so much as recently either. Good!

Cleared up the washing in the kitchen. Made a cuppa.

WC’d again, then tidied up the kitchen a bit more.

Noticed the corner stand I sorted yesterday in the living room – I didn’t like what I’d done with it at all. Looked tatty and out-of-place somehow.

Another cuppa and took me medications. Laptop on, checked emails and finished diary for Saturday off.

Got a feeling that Duncan was calling to see me today. Or is it next Sunday? Memory man eh? Me? Huh!

Did some graphic creating to use later.

Got an email from Dunc, he was coming today – but he’s got a chance to meet and greet his new grand-son. I hope he has a great time. Be nice for him.

Spent far too long on the graphicalisationing, but got a few done and posted like.

Another cuppa and did some blogging.

Seasoned me tinned tomatoes ready for later to have with some bread and sausages.

Then got missen a good bath and changed and decided to do me laundry if a machine was free then I could have a walk though Woodthorpe Park to try and get some photographs of the wild life, I might try to get some of the animals as well as humans. Hehehe! while waiting for the washing to get done.

I set off, dropping me waste bags down the chute en-route to boot – Hehehe and got me washing in the machine and went for a walk to take some photographs in the park.

Perhaps if I’d remembered to put me SDHC card in the camera instead of leaving it in the laptop I would have had more luck in this mission?

Got back after me photographless walk and moved me washing into the drier. then set about a good session with me crossword book while I waited in the reception area.

Back up to the flat to find several more meat-flies in the kitchen? Where are they coming from?

I made short work of bagging them though – they don’t scare me!… much… well, only the bigger ones like.

I cleaned up the paintwork and corpses and said a few words of remembrance as I wrapped them up and put em in the bin.

To the WC, haemorrhoids leaking again. Huh!

Made a cuppa then put the laptop on and update this diary.

Did some more graphicationalising on Corel Draw X7.

Must remember NOT to go to the GP surgery fer me INR Warfarin blood level tests tomorrow – they are on Tuesday this week @ 0930hrs – then on Wednesday the audio clinic then Fri 1200hrs back to the GP for me memory testing test.

Cleaned me hearing-aids inside plastics. Then took me BP and temperature.

Sys 179 – Dia 80 Pulse 64 and Temp 32.4 Looks okay to me.

Got me nosh that I enjoyed.

Rated as 8.9/10.

The now familiar weariness overcame me and it took what seemed an endless time to nod-off.

Amazingly no trips to the procelain at all!

Inchcock Today Sat 3 Oct 15: Ah well!

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Saturday 3^rd October 2015

Stirred at 0400hrs – Disorientated and misshaped hanging half out of the chair I’d fell asleep in. Hehe!

WC, made a cuppa, laptop on to finish yesterdays diary.

I got carried away for hours doing Facebooking and graphics, with only making cuppas and WC’ing stopping me.

Guilty feeling then.

So I gave the corner stand a last bash and decided I was not going to get it any better now and put in the living room next to the DVD stand for now.

Popped some photo’s on it. I’ll sort out what I’m going to do with it after I ask Duncan for some advice on Sunday, see what he thinks.

Got me baked beans marinating in me special seasonings ready for later and put it in a storage box in the fridge. Sultanas, unrefined demerara sugar, BBQ seasoning, tomato purée and by mistake, some rosemary went in the mix. Hope it comes out alright?

Back on the laptop to start this diary off.

Then got missen spruced up shaved and bathed and ready to have a walk through Woodthorpe Park to the Co-op shop in Sherwood to try and get a Beetroot and apple loaf to have with the beans and sausage.

Back in a bit…

I walked up into Woodthorpe Park and down to Sherwood. On the way down I noticed a lady and her two dogs having a tail-wagging time. (The dogs I meant).

As I got on Mansfield Road another of the numerous dangerous Nottingham Pavement Cyclists was encountered.

Tsk!

plodded down to the Co-op store and managed to get some beetroot bread, and a Special Offer Pork and pickle roll to have with me seasoned baked beans later. Also got a TV paper and some Cox’x pippins apples.

Came out and called at Wilkinson’s and got another tin/can opener and a giant kitchen roll.

Walked back up and back through Woodthorpe Park.

The sun faded for a while as I took a photograph of the horizon as I approached the flats.

Had a look for any birds or wildlife to photo but didn’t come across any on the walk.

However as I was about to go through the entrance door, I spotted a squirrel on the slabs. As I waited to see if the squirrel would turn to face me and tried to get it in focus a crow walked into the view.

Not a good photo at all, but different.

Had a lecture from two women in the reception area as I entered about not feeding the birds. I informed them I was feeding the squirrels and they seemed to think that was alright though.

Obergruppenfurher types all over this place yer know!

Got back in’t flat and got kettle on. Cleared me washing things up, stirred me marinating beans gorrum in’t oven, got laptop on to updated this diary while they heated up.

Had me nosh and bread while watching an Alan Partridge DVD.

Went down well. Rated this one an 8.4/10.

Felt the damp warmth. Oh dear.

Went to the WC and found an awful lot of bleeding from my rear-end.

After that I went downhill a bit. Weary, so weary, tired, drained.

Sat and tried to get off to sleep.

Inchcock Today Fri 2 Oct 15: Memory test – Whoopsiedangleplop!

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Friday 2^nd October 2015

Spent the night in the chair again dosing off and waking every few minutes – Tsk!

Forced missen to give up and rose to go to the porcelain around 0700hrs – late for me, but had so little sleep.

Made a cuppa and took me medications.

I’d left the hearing aids soaking to de-coke the ear-pieces last night, so cleaned em and refitted the tube then put them in the drawer in me 1967 G-Plan cupboard where they should be, so as not to throw hem out with the rubbish of lose them again. (Another effort to train me failing memory)

Got the memory test at the doctors at noon today.

Spent a good while finishing yesterdays diary off and Facebooking. Too long really, but I enjoy it?

Got a bath and shave etc and the things ready I’ll need today on me trip out: Audio clinic record card, bus-pass, camera (I love this Panasonic Lumix camera), bank card, cash, keys, bus time-table me hat and some nibbles for the medical staff were all put in me bag or pockets.

Set off on me walk to the surgery. Met two residents as I left and we had a little chin-wag, by gum I like having these little chin-wags.

Hobbled to the surgery, well pleased with me timing when I arrived and told the bemused looking receptionist I’d come for me Memory Test. After a few minutes looking for the appointment she realised it was for NEXT Friday not today! Whoopsiedangleplop number one of the day – Tsk!

I laughed it off, but inside I was getting a bit worried about yet another memory kerfuffle!

As I left the surgery I decided that i would go into town to try and get one of the really large rolls of paper towels that I saw advertised in the shop window at only £1.20 each, then have a run out on the bus to Derby to try and get some photographs of the mallards on the river Derwent.

Another Nottingham pavement cyclist was recorded on me camera as I arrived at the bus-stop.

Taking this photo I missed the approaching bus. Huh!

Got into town and walked to the shop that had the towels in the window. I found that the £1.2o price did not include VAT – making them £1.39 an you had had to buy a pack of 6 of em minimum. I could have used the six cause they looked good and useful, but I could not carry them. Tsk!

I wondered if this was going to be another bad day for all me plans?

Undaunted I limped down and through the City Centre onto Friar Lane to catch the Y5 bus that takes the scenic route to Derby. As I was reading the timetable to find that the bus left in seven minutes time – it pulled away making me feel a bit of a plonka! The next one was due in twenty minutes, so I had walk around town for a while.

Clinton Street had it’s usual crush of people, so I went the other way around to avoid getting delayed.

Back into the City slab-square I observed tow imitation policewomen nattering on the steps of the Council House as the chap in the foreground chased after two yoblets for some reason or other.

It didn’t disturb or stop them having their natter though.

Got back and on the bus to Derby. This one left on time – I’m thinking of writing to the company to congratulate the driver?

As we drove into the Beeston Bus-station i noticed a sign on the window of the Team Elite Kickboxing with the sign on the window informing us it was ‘The Family Business of the Year for 2015?

Continued the nice sunny run out to Derby. Looked in me bag for me crossword book and there it was gone?

Arrived in Derby and dropped off early to go down to the side of the river Derwent mallard searching.

I was so pleased with getting a rare shot of the pigeons on a broken tree branch near the bank. You just don’t expect to find pigeons posing like this do you.

Then I fed some seeds to the pigeons on the steps and got another decent shot in as they fought each other to get to the fodder. The ones on the branch stayed there and didn’t come for the seeds.

Very strange that I thought?

Someone further down the steps fed some bread to the water birds and I got this long distance photo of them arriving in a convoy to investigate the food.

Then I pondered about why else I had come to Derby – surely I wouldn’t have come just to take photos of the birds? I decided to have a nip around the Eagle Market then get back to Nottingham.

Making use of me free pensioners bus-pass today! Hehe!

Had a poddle around and saw some Amber I think they are, Bling and took a photo of them for the TFZ gals.

There is something about this type of jewellery I find attractive, maybe because they look old, aged?

I was going to get some photo’s of fashion clothes but had a dizzy spell, so I decided to make me way back to the bus-station.

Caught the Y5 bus again, this time back to Nottingham..

I can’t recall much of the journey as I spent most of in in the land of sleep like.

Luckily the driver was driving jerkily and slamming on his breaks very often, so I was awoken as we arrived in Nottingham.

Had wonder round when I realised I’d missed the last L9 back to the flats, to kill a few minutes until the 40 bus was due. This one drops off on Winchester Street and it’s only a few minutes walk to the flats from the bus stop on the hill. Mind you, getting across the road on the bend on the hill is life threatening!

When I returned to catch bus, I thought there was a football match on somewhere, but it was only the massive Queue for the bus. Huh!

Got on and managed to get the last seat in the Old foggy reserved ones.

Took a photo from the seat of the other passengers who had to stand crammed in like sardines.

I managed with difficulty not to fall asleep on the way back.

Two elderly ladies got off at the same bus-stop, and we all crossed the road together – but they never spoke to me. Huh!

They walked off after we’d crossed and they went into the Private senior Citizens Home at the end of the road.

Got missen in and to the porcelain sharpish.

Got into the kitchen to put the kettle on and there were six dirty great meat flies on the window? Took me a good while but I knobbled em in the end. I wondered how they were getting in, maybe through the hole in the wall behind the cupboards?

Changed into me layabout comfy togs and slippers.

Got me nosh in the pan – Mild chilli, with potatoes and black bean sauce. For some reason I lost me appetite and turned it off?

Made me cuppa, and took me medications, laptop started.

Then had a look at the mail that had been delivered. Three for previous tenant Margaret and two, yes Two… fer me. Virgin Media trying to sell me summat called a Tivo, and Nottingham City Council telling me I am now on the voting list for this address.

Made another cuppa and updated this diary.

Getting dark earlier now.

Had look on the BBC news page on t’internet. …. 14 year old plans to behead police officers – Syria being bombed and the Oregon massacre… as far as I got, depressed I went back to Facebooking.

Evening all.

Inchcock Today, Thu 1st Oct 15:

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Brekkers today!

Thursday 1^st October 2015

Woke around 0400hrs – Found some notes I must have written on me pad on the side of the chair where I fell asleep last night. Hard to read though.

WC’d, put the kettle on then made a cuppa and took me medications. used old camera to take photo of me brekkers.

Can’t remember details of the dreams now, so I’ll just copy the notes here: Boats, canal, France/French people… Ferry, sea, End of the world, tried to get licence to shoot politicians, Osborne, medal/award… shot myself with nail-gun and missed, hit a Ford Prefect car? There were some words I could not make out at all.

Back to the WC.

Feeling okay this morning, the bruising on the arm was a lot easier, Little Inchy not bleeding too bad, the rear end was leaking a bit of blood, the angina bothersome a bit, Arthur Itis not bad at all. The reflux valve no worse than usual.

Caught sight of the bedroom… oh dear, better close the door – oh… it won’t close will it, thanks to the damned Crap United Carpet fitters!

Laptop on to start this diary off.

Got me laundry bag and added a few bits, coins, soap powder and down to the laundry room to start me washing off.

I thought it was a good idea to do me laundry early to beat the rush during the day – Huh!

Three others arrived to do their ashing or drying.

Had a chin-wag with a bloke tenant I’d not had a chance to talk to before.

Put me washing in the drier, making room for the bloke to get his laundry in the washer.

Returned to the flat and the WC porcelain was utilised yet again.

Updated this diary to here.

Popped down to see if the drier had finished and collect me washing.

While waiting for the drier to finish, I decided I’d get out to the Forest today and try to take some photographs of Goose Fair. This photo is of the 2005 Opening of Goose Fair.

Brought the washing back up and WC’d again.

Put me togs in the airing cupboard and made a cuppa.

Laptop back on and found this photo I took yesterday from the kitchen window of a woman with two dogs in the paddock 13 floors below.

Not a good picture, nothing special… but it was to me, seeing the two dogs tails wagging away cheered me up.

Got me rubbish bags ready to drop down the chute after 0800hrs.

Did some Facebooking.

Made a start on the October horoscope forecasts.

Readied missen for me trip to town and the Goose Fair. Caught the bus to Sherwood. Nice Chin-wag on the way with some tenant ladies.

Dropped off in Sherwood. Called in the charity shop to see if they had any large brown Ottomans or book stands in stock – no they didn’t.

Then caught a bus into town.

The Pavement Cyclist in this picture on the right was weaving in between pedestrians swiftly and closely. The scum-bag!

As I walked into town to catch the tram to the forest and the goose Fair, I noticed that the Lord Mayors and Civil dignitaries cars had been allowed to park where I did when responding to an alarm activation years ago and I got a parking ticket!

Caught the tram to the Fair – talk about sardines in a tin!

They all spewed out at the Goose Fair though, me along with them.

A tram was going the other way. I photographed it with the mini-helter skelter in the background.

The Goose Fair was due to be officially opened and there was not many folk about so I had a wander around taking some more photographs.

Some of the stalls and rides were open already.

The rip-0ff stall with tons of wonderful prizes on display, where one buys a ticket in the vain forlorn hope that one of the numbers on it will match the long list of winning numbers was open.

Hah!

Never seen a winner on it yet!

The traditional Waltzer was still being erected.

The Ghost train looked well designed on the outside I have must say.

Very atmospherically presented.

Mind you, at advertising £5 quid a ride on the first day, I wondered what it would be costing folk on Saturday night – the time the rides usually double or more in price?

It wasn’t finished being erected either.

I noticed a small stand at the side of it still being made-up called ‘Beat the Bar’ – should be no problem for the Nottingham Alcoholics that. Hehe!

As I plodded around I saw some of the Nottingham dignitaries in their chains of office lurking waiting amongst the Newspaper and TV people for the arrival of the Lord Mayor.

The kids kid corner rides were all ready for the Nottingham ankle-snappers and apprentice muggers to arrive with their benefits receiving parents.

I did notice the huge amount of food stalls this year, already giving off attractive smells to tempt folks to spend their dosh.

At one of the unopened yet food stalls that advertised kebabs and Halal foods, I saw a sign on the outside of the trailers seeking staff to work at it – female only it said?

Is that legal nowadays?

White slave traders perhaps?

The food stall near one of the entrances the one on the right in this picture, advertising bacon and beef burgers had two people cooking ready for the rush in it – and I have to say it smelt absolutely ruddy marvellous to me!

And in amongst the sauces they had some beetroot pickle too!

One one of the unfinished rides they had i presume American football team helmet at the front of the ride.

Just wondered if they were made up or real team names.

I’d heard of a couple of them like.

As I left the ground to catch a tram into Bulwell and get to the GUM clinic I espied from the tram platform, two Fair caravans right next to each other for Gypsy Fortune Tellers like.

The first one Advertised on the boarding: ‘Gypsy Rosa Lee – Clairvoyant Palmist etc. Open.

The second one advertised: ‘Daughter of Gypsy Roas Lee. Open.

Tickled me a bit seeing them their together.

I assume that mother Gypsy Rosa Lee hanging out of the door knew she wasn’t going to get cancer as she chuffed away on a fag?

Hehehe!

Caught the tram into Bulwell and walked over the bridge into the market place stopping to take a photo of the wonderful Mallard ducks as I crossed over the bridge over the river Leen into Bulwell Main Street.

As I crossed over the Market Place, no stalls on today, I pondered on how dejected the place and people looked?

Bulwell having the highest unemployment rate and number of disable registered folk in Nottingham i assume they can thank Mr Couldn’t care less Cameron and ‘Orrible Osborne for their downtrodden gloomy looks?

Slipped the pigeons some seed.

Even they looked depressed! Huh!

And many of them had club-claws?

I nipped into Fultons Foods to see if they owt on offer hat might appeal – but I came out empty handed. Then I popped into Iceland to get some bread thins. Then into Heron Foods – where I got some battered fish cakes and fingers, along with some potato cakes at 600g for 79p.

Made me way back to the bus station and caught a bus with the intention of getting off at Hayden Road and walking through to catch a bus to Sherwood – however… best laid plans and all that… I fell asleep and woke up as we were arriving in Nottingham City Centre – Tsk!

Got off near the abandoned and apparently unsellable old Guild Hall Courts building – that was next to the new E-on building that cost many millions to build. No wonder the Franch owned company charge so much for their electricity.

I walked to Queen Street and caught a 40 bus.

When the bus left and stopped to pick-up folk at the Victoria Centre stop – I noticed some ladies in the bus shelter and something appealed to me about them, all differing nationalities, ages etc and they sat there chatting away happily between themselves.

They didn’t seem to happy mind when I got me camera trained of them through the bus widow though – Oh dear…

Dropped off on Winchester street and walked to the flats. Luckily I woke up just before the stop came up.

I must ask the GP about all this falling asleep on the buses!

Remembered me ‘Mind Test appointment tomorrow at noon.

As I was going up the lift at the flat, the one lift left working at the flats – I realised I’d not been to the GUM clinic – Whoopsieddangleplop day again then!

Tsk!

Just made it to the porcelain in time.

Put me food in the freezer and made a cuppa.

Laptop on and updated this diary, checked me emails and did some more work on me Horoscope post.

Got me nosh – Beetroot, bread thins, potato medallions, battered fish fingers and fish-cakes, tomatoes and cheese pops.

Wonderful! Rated this one 9.05/10!

Nodded off in the chair again, no bath, no shave, no nibbles, no rest, just kept on waking and nodding off again until 0700hrs, when I got up to go to the porcelain…