Up at 0405hrs, WC. Not feeling too bright this morning.
Haemmorhoids bleeding badly, dizzies early, Little Inchy sore and bleeding. Anne Gyna giving me a bit of grief.
On the brighter side the Reflux valve is a lot easier, and Arthur Itis not too bad at all in the legs or feet and only some twinging and stiffening in me hands as yet.
Recalled bits of a dream: Ladies in a big room, lots of ladies, all ignoring me as I ran around sticking labels with ‘Best before’ dates on the arms? I found myself in an office filled with purple coloured furniture, curtains and wallpaper, I knew this despite the dream being in mono? I was laying out desks and chairs and putting a pencil, spoon and an aubergine on each desk…
Made a cuppa and took me medications.
Got me togs ready for the laundering session and went down to the laundry room. Met a Scottish lady from the first floor and had a chin-wag when he came in to start her laundering session.
Got the washer going and back to the flat. Had a cuppa and started this diary, then back down to take the washing from the machine to the drier.
Met the Scottish gal again.
Got the drier going and then back to the flat again.
Updated this again. Then back down to collect me washing from the dryer.
Brought the washing back up and ensconced it snugly in the airing-cupboard.
Made a cuppa.
Updated this diary, then finished off yesterdays diary and got it posted off to the web.
Morrison’s came and went, put the stuff away then got ready to go out to an Aldi store, to see if they have any Frikadellens on sale for me to try, so I can compare them to the Lidl ones I had for nosh last night.
I really did enjoy them – and a write up about them on the web says how healthy they are compared to burgers and sausages too!
Called at the hut on the way out, no one there so left some nibbles for them.
Caught the L9 bus, after an entertaining gossip with some of the other residents of the Stalag… no flats.
Took a photo for the bus window as we turned into and down Gordon Hill.
Got into town and I walked in the drizzling rain to the Aldi store. They had some Frikadellens in, but they were smaller and lighter than the Lidl ones, so I didn’t get any.
Walked over the road and through the Victoria Centre.
The rain coming heavier now and the wind got up.
Hobbled down into the slab-square in the City Centre.
There were some stalls there again, but with the rain they belting down not many people were inclined to stop and buy owt!
I popped into Primark and bought yet another cap, another waxed one and put it on in an effort to avoid getting too wet on me way home.
Made me way passed the Chilwell and Beeston bus stops to Queen Street and waited for the L9 bus to get me back to the flats and out of the rain and wind.
Had a dizzy-spell at the bus-stop. Must remember I thought, to take me BP when I get back home. (Nice work that, home).
Took a photo from me seat on the bus, of all the buses surrounding the bus… Hehe!
No signs of falling asleep on the journey back to the Woodthorpe flats either today!
Rare that recently!
Got in the door and made hurriedly for the porcelain.
Did some spontaneous sorting out on the clothes racks, but got it all wrong and gave up when another dizzy-spell appeared.
That reminded me to take me reading so did:
Sys: 88 Dia: 64 Pulse 74: Temp: 31°. I’ll ask the nurse when I go on Friday if these look okay, I forgot to ask her to look at me readings last time I went. Well fancy that Tsk!
The rain was still persisting down.
Decided to get me nosh early in case the dizzies persisted.
Had the easiest to make, but some Rosti potatoes in’t oven to have with some bread, made two sweet loin sandwiches and some beetroots, followed by a pot of mandarin yoghurt.
Laptop on updating while the Rostis warmed through.
Got the mobile in me hand to call Steve from Age UK and he called me!
He’s calling for the £840 for the house clearance man tomorrow – that is providing he had got it done by then – so with luck, once I pay-up we can start getting the house on the market. Good job I had professional help from Steve in getting somewhere to live and the old place on the market – it’s only took him 4 months to get this far. Tsk! (Now now Gerry, no bitterness please! Hehe!)
Made sure the money was still there and I’d not forgotten where I put it like.
Not feeling very bright again now.
Had me nosh, Rated it another 9/10, and fell asleep.
Woke an hour or so later and ran a bath, which I enjoyed apart from clouting me ankle when I was getting out.
Then made a cuppa and took me medications and updated this twaddle.
Up at 1205hrs… well I fell asleep early last night. Tsk!
WC’d and made a cuppa – realised I’d missed me medications last night, so took just one Trental blood release and one Warfarin tablet otherwise they might get a false reading at me INR blood level test later this morning.
Laptop on and pottered doctoring some earlier graphic attempts for a while, checked emails, Facebooked a bit, then to the WC again!
Checked me appointment time on the Google calendar, 0930hrs, so must set off in plenty of time as the first bus here is not until 0930hrs, and of course that is the time we pensioners can use our wonderful free bus-passes.
No bath either now, cause the noise of the running water will disturb me neighbours in the nearby flats (Apartments). A stand up wash and shave later will have to do.
The time flew by and it was soon time for me morning medications.
I did another search for the missing for three weeks now first time used saucepan lid.
I’m dumbfounded as to where this might have gone too?
Might get a new saucepan and lid today after going to the surgery? It’s possibly the only way I’ll then find the missing one? Hehe
I thought about how people coped during the war years after I read an article about alien-women being moved at the start of the war:
Women classed as enemy aliens being escorted by police and officials to board trains at a London station, at the start of their journey for internment on the Isle of Man early in the Second World War.
Apparently the locals on the island had less food than the internees?
Scattered showers forecast for today, better take me brolly with me when I go out.
Remembered to do me health checks (Novel that for me!) Sys 140 Dia 68 pulse 68 Temp 36. I’ll ask the nurse if this is about right today, looks okay to me.
Finished and posted a Funny Caption Competition on the TFZ site.
This is Sandra Lentz, a notoriously avid Funnel Cake lover…
My caption was “Go on try it… Make my day!”
I put me Morrison’s order in.
Had me wash and shave, then got the bags ready to throw down the waste chute on me way out.
Called at the Winwood Community shed in me way.
Chin-wag with Deana and Julie, gave em some nibbles.
Then walked into down into Sherwood in the light-drizzling rain.
The sun doing its best to come out.
The traffic was building a bit in Sherwood.
As I got towards the top of the hill it got a bit heavier – the bus lane being in use didn’t help.
Over the brow and down to the Gp surgery and booked myself in with the receptionist…
Only to find I’d got it wrong Again. I was certain the time of the INR Warfarin blood tests was 0900hrs – she informed me it was for 0945hrs – Tsk!
And I’d not got me crossword book with me either.
The nurse kindly saw me earlier though bless her.
Off and poddled down to the launderette and had a natter with BJ. He’s going to pick me up Sunday and take me to the Papplewick Pumping Station 1940’s do. Thanked him and went to Lidl to get some nosh.
Got some Pork Frikadellens, seafood sticks, porridge pots, a white bloomer, a Lemon Swiss roll and some canned kippers in tomato sauce with vegetables, another tenner gone.
Caught the bus back into Sherwood.
Went in Wilkos in search of a cheapo saucepan with a lid and another can-opener, got em both alright, and a carpet cleaner spray all for under £9.
Poddled over the hill and up through Woodthorpe Park.
Had a sit on one of the benches for a while hoping to catch some wildlife to photo without any luck.
On up the path and down the crumbling path to the flats.
I took some photographs at the bottom near the flats of a squirrel, but he wouldn’t stay still long enough for me to get a decent one.
Into the flat and WC’d urgently.
Put me purchases away and got the kettle on.
Laptop on and filled in the Wilko customer thingy – I might win £100 they tell me… yea!
Got seasoned baked beans on the pan warming slowly, and the oven on and the Frikadellens in the oven.
Rang Pete and Jane, they are too busy this week for a meeting.
Got me nosh ready.
Lovely nosh it were… but I made too much of it.
Gave it a 9/10 though, I put some black bean sauce in with the baked beans and other seasoning and it tasty super!
Stirred around 0345hrs – cranked and encouraged the knees to allow me to move and get up and hobbled rapidly to the WC. They were not very keen on the idea thanks to Arthur Itises intervention this morning.
Nearly didn’t make it!
Thought of some dreaming I’d had:
I was in a massive house, and had opened all the doors and windows, made a pot of tea and waited for someone, anyone to call and have a chin-wag with me. For some reason I had a big stack of books and nappies (Diapers) at the side of the barbed wire covered settee I was sat waiting on? I kept cleaning the leather covered throne ready for me visitor and as soon as I wiped it crumbs reappeared on it?
Nobody came in, and as I was locking up the place a little dog came in, his tail wagging he went into this glorious kitchen with all the room one could need and every extra it seemed, and suddenly I didn’t know where I was and as unsure but thought I might have then been breaking into this luxury house and the dog belonged to someone who owned the house?
The dog jumped into the open dishwasher and came out with a blue plastic plate and dropped it at me feet – as he did a booming voice declared somethig along the lines of: “This is not lean enough – you will get a driving ban of two years and will have to take sewing lessons!”
Then some people appeared, belted me around the head with a walking stick, not mine though this one was made of gold?
Then they dragged me outside and threw me in a swimming pool. I shouted “I can’t swim!” And a woman of wide girth stood forward from the what was now a crowd of jeering people and said “You can’t wash pots properly neither – die you swine!”
Then I was in a trench full of bodies with someone telling me to get to the end of the line?
This dream was vivid, and I remembered a lot of it I’m sure there was sure there was much more to it. I cannot recall ever remembering parts of any dream so lucidly?
Made a cuppa and took me medications, laptop on to record these memories quickly before they were lost in the ether.
Facebooked then got ready to receive me Morrisons delivery.
Could I find me hearing aids?
Well yes I did eventually.
Decided to go to town today and take a big bag to get some of the giant paper rolls.
Had a wash and shave, the Morrison man cameth. Put away the things and got ready to go and catch the bus to town.
I was going to wear me mew skull cap today that I bought yesterday… but it had shrank.
So I put me waxed Andy Cap on.
Had plenty of time so I went to the Winwood Community shed first. Told Deana and Julie about the meat flies and gave them some nibbles (Deana and Julie I meant) and the letters I’d received for previous tenant Margaret.
Had a natter at the bus-stop then caught the bus into town.
Dropped off and wandered up in the rain to the catering shop. Good job I put me waxed cap on now.
The shop was very interesting and not too pricey, they had some ideal trays for sale but I couldn’t carry them with the rolls I’d bought and I hoped to get some cheapo bobble hats from Primark afterwards.
got the bag of 6 rolls, just fitted in me other large carrier bag nicely.
Walked into town centre slab square. Where they were taking down some demonstration tent and buildings.
As I went into Primark the police were taking two shoplifters to their van.
It’s a very popular attraction for the Nottingham Shoplifters is Primark yer know.
I got a bobble hat, a cardigan and another Andy Cap.
Came out and meandered towards the L9 bus-stop on King Street.
Not many folk about with this drizzly rain today.
I noticed a different or new giant wicker floral Trail display near the Brian Clough statue..
A Teddy bear with a pot (Honey?)
It hadn’t been vandalised or had any fag-ends stubbed on it yet, so I assumed it was a new one like.
Nipped to the public WC in response to the urgent message from me bladder.
Limped up to the bus stop and once again, under a sign telling us that Nottingham had been declared the cleanest city in the Midlands was what you see in the photo on the left.
Some of it looked like it used to be part of some coleslaw, other bits were anyone’s guess?
I decided not to sit on the bench while awaiting the arrival of the bus.
Which arrived early and left early.
Managed to fall asleep on the bus journey back to the flats, but luckily only once and managed not to miss me bus-stop today.
Got in and put me hats away in the hanging drawers on the Ikea clothes rack, and the blue rolls next to em.
WC’d then made a small cuppa, took this photo and got the laptop on and checked me emails.
Did some preparatory graphicalisationing.
Got me nosh.
Very nice, rated this an 88.8/10.
Had a dizzy-spell and sat down for a few moments…
That turned out to be six hours as I drifted off.
Woke in the morning and fretted in case I’d left something on or a tap running and checked around – all seemed okay. Phew!
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.
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.
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.
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…
Woke around 0500hrs – Dreamt of abandoned offices building again, with me either chasing or running away some peoples?
Urgent trip to the porcelain – I’d left some hand cloths soaking in the sink so went into the kitchen to wash me hands. Saw the medication pots I’d washed to use later were still on the draining board and needed wiping and the lids putting back on and placing in the drawer. So I got them all sorted with lids that fitted and put them in the bowl to carry them to the drawer for storing – Early Whoopsiedangleplop here… dropped the bowl! So had to cleaned them all again! Huh!
Made a good strong cuppa and took me medications.
Laptop on and did what I didn’t do last night cause I fell asleep early. Got yesterdays diary finished and posted.
Stated this diary then did some Facebooking while I had the chance.
Hurriedly got missen scrubbed up and to the bus stop outside the flats. Bit of a chin-wag with the other residents.
I managed to catch the wrong bus Huh! It was the L9 I caught, but it was the one going away from town not to town. Laugh… well no I didn’t actually. Dropped off in Sherwood and caught a bus into town.
As I walked along towards the bus-stop to go to Jane & Pete’s – I was reminded of the Alfred Hitchcock film, ‘The Birds’.
Harmless ones though – the pigeons are likely to crap on you from a great height, but I don’t think they would peck one to death?
Got the bus to Jane’s mansion and was greeted with a nice cuppa and a smile. (A bit of a rare and worrying event that!)
I set about trying to get Pete’s Spy Camera software to load. After around three hours I got it loaded – then we spent another hour trying to set the date on it – without any success.
I was really up-tight about me failure when Steve of Age UK rang but I couldn’t get me phone in time, so rang him back. He’d spoke with two people and got quotes from them, both high, £800 and £850 pound for the house clearance… Oh dear. He said he trusted the £850 man more than the £800 bid. So I agreed and told Jane and Pete I’d have to go, so I could get to the bank and get the money ready in case they could get to do it quicker than next week as will be planned
Said me cheerios and set off and caught a bus into town.
Exchange Walk, Nottingham City centre
To the bank, then worked out I had some time to spare before the last L9 bus left, so had a walk around, starting in the slab-square, then up King Street.
Walked up to Trinity Square where I found some ‘Bling to photograph for the TFZers site.
Can you believe the prices of these glasses in a shop window in Trinity Square?
I put the prices in Canadian, Australian and Canadian dollars so the TFZers can understand exactly what the English pounds in costs/prices actually represent in their money.
Got to the bus stop in plenty of time, passing the Cafe Row of shops on the way.
You can see how busy they were not can’t you?
Just as well I got there early because the bus pulled out three minutes early. Tsk!
I managed to fight falling asleep until just before the flats – and missed my stop, but got off at the next one and walked back. Wot a plonka!
Got in WC’d and made me salad ready for later and washed the pots.
Laptop on and made sure I added the time of Fridays ‘Memory Test’ at the doctors, 1200hrs to me Google calendar that the surgery had given me in rely to me email bless em.
Updated this diary, then did some Facebooking with drooping eyelids. Hehe!
Went to make another cuppa to take me medications and found I’d left the hot tap water running! Getting depressed with missen now!
No bath tonight then, the water heater was not working?
Got me nosh.
Rated it 8.4/10, nice salad. Mushrooms, oiled and sliced some red peppers, Krakowska pork sliced up, garden peas, wonderful beetroot, boiled eggs, pork and pickle mini pies, tomatoes, last of the veggie bacon (No more to be had now, a one-off from Fulton foods) some bread thins, spread with Bertolli Olive Oil spread and butter.
Checked me emails again – did a graphic of TFZ’s Marie. with Marie and a photo in the background I took today at the jewellery shop. I’ll post it later on the site.
Did some WordPressing reading and voting.
I decided to get just one bag sorted tonight… however I foolishly decided to have a cuppa first… and nodded of in the chair…
Woke around 0400hrs – No dream memories, but plenty of pains Tsk! The new swelling on me arm was taking the lead pain-wise possibly because it’s a new one, although the swelling had gone down a lot, the tenderness was the same. The reflux valve had gone down nicely at last. Arthur Itis was calm, Anne Gyna was giving out warning signs of what she intended for me later in the day though.
And the old scars on me chest and tummy from the heart operation had gone a fluffy white colour for some reason? The skin cancer wound was itching like crazy?
Possible perhaps that the scars and cancer wound problems were due to me using a different bath soak?
Still, other than these worries I was in decent spirits this morning, despite me busy day ahead!
I must try to avoid any more Whoopsiedangleplops today.
Put the kettle on and off to the porcelain – to find ‘Little Inchy’ had been bleeding again, but the hammorhoids had for once not been doing so.
Started the laptop and took me medications. Must find time to do up some more medication pots soon. Today is going to be a busy one again, more-so in fact. Got Morrisons coming early, on time I hope or I’ll not be able to get to the Doctors in time for me appointment, then to the chemist, then into town to the audio clinic for some batteries (Thankfully they do not charge us pensioners for em you know), try to get to a pound shop for some woolly hats, then to Loxley House to return me election papers and after all that, to the GUM clinic to get me cream for ‘Little Inchy’ – that’s if I haven’t forgotten owt like?
Still, the hernia and ulcer aren’t giving me any gip at the moment.
I realise how lucky I was to find me missing hearing aid yesterday and pondered if I’d ever find me missing camera memory card or the missing saucepan lid?
So busy with much to get done.
The right arm was hurting now without my using it – even when I just moved it, hurts when I straighten the arm too, it tingled a bit all the time? I don’t like this at all.
Started a graphic for a post while I had the time.
Got missen cleaned and polished for the days efforts to come.
Morrisons delivery arrived I quickly put away the fridge and freezer products.
Bag, nibbles, bus-pass, camera, hearing aids etc in bag and pockets and off on me walk to the GP surgery.
Thirty minutes later I arrived at the surgery.
booked in and crossword book out while I waited me turn.
Called in and met with Dr Vindla (Who as wearing a very short skirt and Little inch needed controlling) and told her about me blown-up legs and asked about whether I could go back on thee Furosemide tablets. She explained that as I was on so many medications she didn’t want to risk affecting the balance of effect of the others and said to see how it went – ‘Put my feet up whenever I could at night and keep up with the walking’.
Then she had a look at the pain in my right arm – I said I can see no bruising in the mirror and explained the pain. Turns out it was massive bruising and she asked me however this occurred. I had no idea?
I did feel a fool!
She suggested I take a memory test and told me to book one with the receptionist on the way out. which I did for Friday, but forgot to write down the time, later I sent an email asking for the time.
Gave them their nibbles and set off on the bus into town.
The first sight when I got off of the bus was a Nottingham Pavement Cyclist who rode over the lights and along the pavement weaving between pedestrians. The Swine!
I noticed that at the entrance to Clinton Street, the traffic lights had been hit again.
Not that it stopped the famous Nottingham pedestrians from still crossing against the lights at all!
Walked through into the slab square and up to the audio clinic where I nearly grew hair again waiting to get some hearing-aid batteries. This is one of the more morose NHS places I have to visit, possibly because the patients being deaf there are no conversations going on?
The lady who spoke to me was almost impossible to lip read – no idea what she was saying but she looked rather stern faced? Frit me a bit!
Back down into the centre, feeding some pigeons en-route. I love the pigeon on the right with its legs apart and looking up.
Through the slab square. Not many folk about today in the centre.
Across and up through near Clinton Street again and I espied a new to me market stall laid out with three obviously Eastern European gentle men with stubble on their faces that spouted a threatening look at anyone who went near their many tables laid outside on the walkway. At least they were trying to make an honest living I thought.
They had many boxes of shoes and leather goods stacked up against the wall and their priced were really low.
The ladies boots in the photograph I took were all either £10 or £20.
Called in the pound shop and got a tin of stewed steak for a change.
I caught the bus to the GUM clinic as the day melted away – gawd it was going quickly.
Brother-n-law Pete rang me, he was having bother sorting getting his spy-watch sorted on the laptop I gave him. I told him I’d come to his mansion in the morning in an effort to help out.
Got me cream and on the bus back into Sherwood.
Then a Whoopsiedangleplop of sorts!
I fell sleep on the bus and missed me stop, in fact I woke up as the bus was arriving in the city centre!
Caught a bus back to near the flats and hobbled home – ‘Home’ – a nice word that nowadays.
Got in, WC’d, creamed little Inchy. Then put away the other stuff I’d had delivered earlier from Morrisons.
Sorted out me medication pots and took the nights doses.
Got me nosh on. Mixed some black bean sauce in with the stewed steak, made some mash and had it with some garden peas. Followed by a lemon mousse with Cornish clotted cream, delicious!
Rated this 8.2/10.
Decided to wash the dishes up after eating it and managed to drop me big dish when cleaning it – what a mess!
Sat down and put me legs up on the Ottoman… and that was that! Nodded off into oblivion.
Woke around 0500hrs and lay a moment or two thinking of what I have to do today: Take rubbish to chute, bath shave, get the 0930 L9 bus into town – remember to take the laptop to give to Pete when I meet him in town, bus back to Carrington to the GP for me INR Warfarin blood level test and flu jab and ask for a prescription for some water tablets, back to town and then to the audio clinic to report me lost hearing-aid, then on the bus to the City Hospital GUM clinic… worra day in prospect I thought!
Then, having plenty of time I drifted off back to kip – a rarity that for me.
To the WC and somehow the memories of the dreams I’d had returned a bit, wrote them down to record here later… I was at a highland sports meeting – wanted to toss the caber but couldn’t lift – I seemed very upset that they would not let me throw me walking stick instead?… then recalled bits of me on a ferry trying to get to see my cyber-friend Lynton Cox in France – everything stopped me, I had no passport and insisted they let me into the country using me free pensioners bus-pass, they deported me back to the UK to Swansea? I was happy there and stayed joining the Torchwood team? They sacked me the next day when I passed wind and it killed an alien prisoner as I was feeding it a dog bone.
Done me porcelain duties then, emptying some bits from the rubbish bin to put in the bag to go to the chute and…
I Found Me Hearing Aid – Yipidee Super!
I felt sure I’d looked in there when I found I’d lost it yesterday? Over the moon now!
Cuppa medications taken, laptop on and started this diary off.
Got a wash and shave, changed and off with me bus-pass, bag, camera and list of jobs to do, to the bus stop outside the flats and listen to the chin-wags while waiting the arrival, of the L9 bus into town.
Nice morning.
I noticed close to a sign telling us that Nottingham was now Officially the cleanest City in Britain – laid this pile of rubbish – just thought I’d mention it like.
Then I met Pete at his bus stop. Handed him his laptop drive and mouse. Wished him well with it and off he went to buy some nuts for his squirrels then back to his mansion to sort out his spy-camera wot I bought him early for Christmas like.
I poddled to the bus stop to catch a bus back into Carrington for me GP nurses appointment.
Asked for a prescription for Furozamide water tablets cause of me swelling legs.
Sat down and got me crossword book out to tackle going through the ones I was stuck on to get as many answers as I could. I got one answer from the 80 or so that needed doing. Tsk!
The nurse called me in and gave me the flu jab and took me blood for Warfarin level testing. Then she booked me in for tomorrow morning 1010hrs to see Dr Vindla about me swelling legs. Then booked me in for a week on Tuesday 6th October for me net blood tests. She was not happy with me reflux valve sticking out like it was as she noticed and made a memo for the Dr on the computer.
I caught the bus to the City Hospital GUM clinic to collect me new ‘Natural based bio-polymer, topical calcium alginate cream’ (No I don’t know what it means either – Hehe) for ‘Little Inchy’ as instructed – it was all locked up? I supposed I’d got the day wrong again, I’ll check when I get back to the flat, if I remember?
Back on yet another bus into Sherwood. Damnably good job I’ve got me Pensioners free bus-pass innit!
Decided that as I’d done so well with me walking I’d walk back to the flat up through Woodthorpe Park, and down to the the flats.
I Noticed near the broken gate, they had put up another new poster informing us this ‘Our Green Flag Award Winning Park’!
It’s hard to see on this photo wot I took, but the Harris fencing that had been erected twixt the footpath and the dangerously crumbling wall had been vandalised and flattened. The used contraceptives on the floor near the first sitting bench on the left could hardly be seen due to the half-eaten and thrown away take-away remnants.
When I got to the top and turned right down towards the flats near the little croft, I used me full zoom to take this photo of a wood-pigeon.
Down the broken gravel-path and to the reception entrance. Where I met Deana Walker the camp kommandant and gave her some nibbles. Nice woman.
The little squirrel I named Cyril greeted me when I got there and he even nipped up on a parking bollard so I could get a reasonable photograph of him from a distance.
I wondered, does he know his coat blends in with concrete post?
Got in the flat and made for the WC.
Took the camera mobile and GP card from me coat.
I could almost feel me legs swelling physically – but they gave off no more pain than usual. The reflux valve and me feet were worse at this time.
Laptop on and updated this rubbish.
Added appointments to me Google calendar.
Another rather busy day tomorrow it seems.
Tsk!
Got me nosh on, fish-cakes, fish portions in batter, some chips and a couple of parsnips slices with garden peas in the oven.
While they were a-cooking I finished sorting the paperwork I found in yet another box yesterday – will it never end! Hehe.
Fair nosh, nothing special.
Followed by Lemon fool and mousse.
Tiredness dawned again.
Hate to thing how I‘ll manage with tomorrows lots to get through.
Hey-ho!
Nodded off and woke up half an hour later needing to tend to the porcelain, with a dirty great swelling on the back of me right upper arm? Throbbing and tender to the touch or when I caught it against owt?
Good job I’m going to see Dr Vindla in the morning. I’ve a feeling this might be seriously bothersome, whatever it is.
