I woke to the sound of
paws. Sid was stomping about at 4am. Bearing in mind his propensity
for midnight pooping I got up to let him out. As I got up he went
back to bed. As I settled in my bed he got up again. So I got up
again and he went back to his bed.
This carried on for an
hour or so....
Over brekkie social media
was somewhat depressing. A friend who has had a rather grotty deal
from life found happiness a few years ago and moved away with her new
husband. They had a lovely little family, but this morning I saw that
not only had they split up but this chap who seemed such a fine
fellow is now determined to ruin her life.
And several other friends
have recently lost their good friends to cancer.
When I popped the lead
onto "Furry Face TM" in readiness
for our walk he got very over excited. Like most dogs the walk is the
highlight of his day. Sid saw the lead and ran and hid; the walk
isn't in his top ten things to do. But despite Sid's protests both
dogs came with me for a quick walk round the block. It was a very
foggy morning; probably for the best. With visibility down to ten
yards no one saw what I was doing as I paused for a spot of
geo-maintenance on one of my caches not far from home.
Once home I had a whinge
at the broadband provider. Our home broadband has been slow to the
point of being unusable for the last few days. The nice lady on the
help desk fiddled about for a bit and then asked why we'd put
restrictions on the line. We hadn't. She said that restrictions would
slow the broadband, and if we were happy for her to do so she would
remove the restrictions. But it would take a couple of hours.
We left her removing
restrictions and pausing only briefly for "er indoors TM"
to break her phone we went round to collect Cheryl and Lacey, and
then went on to Maidstone Park & Ride where we met Glen and Matt.
I'd not done the
Maidstone Park & Ride before. A bus with wi-fi. Will wonders
never cease?
The bus soon got us in to
Maidstone and it was only a short walk to the Hazlitt Theatre. Some
time ago a good friend had stuck a geocache on that building. It is a
particularly good one. I saw it straight away; but then I know what
to look for. Thousands of people must walk past it every day without
noticing it. And with geo-stuff done we went in to watch a show,
I've seen "Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" twice before. Once
in Eastbourne back in the days when I had religion (circa 1983)
and once at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings (about 1988).
Today's show was excellent, but then I've now seen six shows done by
the Stage Theatre
Society and they have all been really good. Mind you every time
I've been to their shows the excellent efforts of the actors have
been undermined by the sound system, and it happened again today.
They really do need to have a word with whoever it is that turns the
actors' microphones off and on.
After the show we took
another wi-fi-enabled bus back to the car and drove out to the
Harvester at the Running Hourse Roundabout. I don't think I've
actually been to a Harvester before. I would certainly go again.
Excellent food, decent bottled ale (and staff who know how to
serve it), and not overpriced either.
And an added bonus was
when we showed them Matt's twenty per cent discount deal they gave us
twenty five per cent off by mistake.
Once home I checked our
broadband. It seems to be working now. And with it working I then
made a few plans for a geo-walk next weekend. Bearing in mind it
involves premium caches and a few puzzles it probably isn't good form
to open it up to absolutely everyone... but if any of my loyal
readers want to come for a walk next Sunday just drop me a line.
I've had a really good
day today... I feel exhausted now.
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