Skip to main content

Fit as a fiddle

The bruises have not quite faded but I decided to get on my bike this morning and test the body out, and everything seems to be working fine - except my brain.  I decided to take a short cut to the little supermarket by following a path that goes along the river.  Coming to an unfamiliar crossroads I decided to cross straight over.  An hour later I was well and truly lost.  French country roads don't have signs so the sun has to be a guide and any familiar distant landmarks.  All I could see was fields and trees, no church spires or familiar farms and clouds covered any sign of the sun.  I spotted a farmer on his tractor (what would we do without them?) and asked where I was.  Ok wrong question so I asked where my village was.  He pointed down a track and said keep going, keep going and you will find it.  How far do you think it is?  Wrong question again.  Oh well I set off wondering if I would be home before sunset.  After about an hour and a half I saw the church spire, hopefully in my village but frankly it could have been anywhere.  I don't know where I had been but I was thankful to see my ugly old village in front of me.  I went into the little supermarket and surprise, the till was in place and working.  The assistant was still looking up all the prices on a piece of paper but Rome wasn't built in a day.

Have you noticed that no-one talks about Brexit now, apart from the politicians?  Whether you voted leave or remain we have all been caught up in a whirlpool that goes round and round, occasionally spewing out another idea, another failure or even another politician but nothing can stop it, or Parliament.  Where is Guy Fawkes when you need him?

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

I'm Free

 After being incarcerated in my son's house waiting for the results of the day 2 test I was finally allowed out today.  I went to Chichester and was saddened by the number of familiar shops that have disappeared from the town centre.  Bognor is the same.  You wouldn't die of thirst in either town though as the number of cafes has increased.  Both town centres were busy making it difficult to keep a safe distance from others but many people were wearing masks in the street. I was pulled over by Customs in Caen.  As I opened the trunk of the car one of the officers asked me if I was carrying goods.  'Yes,' I replied, ' French Champagne and French wine'  They nodded approvingly and waved me away. During my 3 days in the house, I have cleaned, filed all their paperwork, mended the shower, cooked dinner and tried watching television, the latter being totally uninspiring.  The news consists of covid, travel restrictions, forbidden Christmas parties...

D day lasts 3 days

 This morning, with my head full of things I still have to do, I got on the tram and forgot to scan my ticket.  The inspector got on 2 stops later and said I had to pay 45€ for this lapse.  Why can't I scan it now?  a reasonable question in my opinion, was met with scorn, so I  paid up.  On the tram back from the hospital there she was again and checked my ticket with glee.  While she was doing that a young man got on, sat down  and did not show any sign of even having a ticket, let alone scanning one.   The inspector passed him by without a second glance.   Today is the last day for packing and organising.  Tomorrow the removal company will arrive at 6am to take it all away and put it in storage.  Tomorrow night I will sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor and Thursday I go to the hospital to be nuked for the last time.  The sleeping bag is the one that saved me from hypothermia when a friend and I were lost for ...