To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

Post 534: A long walk, a lovely dinner and AFib for afters.

2026-10-11T01:56:44Z

Post 534: A long walk, a lovely dinner and AFib for afters. Sometimes everything falls into place and you get what you want but why do you have to pay for it afterwards. It was that walk to view possible fungi that I wanted all week and today with ...(read more)

Post 533: Friday fish and chips and beer.

2026-10-10T05:45:13Z

Post 533: Friday fish and chips and beer. All summer there were weddings and holidays that separated my regular meets with Dave but after two quick texts a hasty response made a confident booking in the diary for a beer. The beery meets with pals h...(read more)

Post 532: It was a frustrating day, tattoo tomorrow, hurrah.

2026-10-09T04:07:03Z

Post 532: It was a frustrating day, tattoo tomorrow. There wasn’t much to cheer me up but the cleaner coming in and saying how good I looked, this is a boost to my ego and makes me stand a little taller but in reality I was lying when I said...(read more)

Post 531: Prescription confusion keeps me wondering.

2026-10-08T04:08:46Z

Post 531: Prescription confusion keeps me wondering. I expected to be feeling the benefit of starting steroids at 2mg and staying on them forever but I can’t. So by mid afternoon I had to email work and inform them that I’ll not be in at...(read more)

Post 530: We watched the tv till the cows came home.

2026-10-07T04:33:30Z

Post 530: We watched the tv till the cows came home. What was always going to be a lazy day ended up a really lazy day and no mistake. But if I recall a moment of yesterday’s goings on, I think the cat would have something to say about my memo...(read more)

Post 529: Breakfast at midday with my taxi driver Paul.

2026-10-06T04:33:33Z

Post 529: Breakfast at midday with my taxi driver Paul. How rude it is to call Paul the taxi driver when he’s a great mate that I’ve know for years and years. Back in the mid to late 80’s we met as work colleagues but we’ve k...(read more)

Post 528: Alongside the salmon, ah, the salmon.

2026-10-05T04:58:40Z

Post 528: Alongside the salmon, ah, the salmon. With a shopping list of food stuff on my phone, which I now share with my Darling digitally every week, there are four slices of slightly smoked salmon at the very top. At £6.25 each, it is a ple...(read more)

Post 527: Am I being a wuss or being too slow on the uptake?

2026-10-03T23:14:51Z

Post 527: Am I being a wuss or being too slow on the uptake? On the day that England score 7 in a nations cup match I can’t put my finger on what to do for my back. The day started ok and with the cat fed and my purple hoodie on for good meas...(read more)

Post 526: Sisters and Bruver visit and we laugh.

2026-10-03T05:07:24Z

Post 526: Sisters and Bruver visit and we laugh. So the air this morning was filled with spicy bathroom shower smells while I lounged on in bed, awake and happy to be lazy for now. In a while I needed a shower myself but that could wait, I was in th...(read more)

Post 525: Vagal nerve is a possible player in my AFib.

2026-10-02T05:03:42Z

Post 525: Vagal nerve is a possible player in my AFib. I’m getting fed up with the blinkin’ AFib which is happening all too often. The local Hospice will be checking up on me around the 4th/5th October about the steroids they put me on ...(read more)

Post 524: It feels like a Friday, midweek.

2026-10-01T04:47:55Z

Post 524: It feels like a Friday, midweek. White Rabbits. Sometimes a simple suggestion on a day with nothing happening is something that ushers in a pair of smiles that we just can’t shake off. Today is a good day and it’s just started. ...(read more)

Post 523: I am a thicko, I forgot my thread.

2026-09-30T05:25:50Z

Post 523: I am a thicko, I forgot my thread. Yesterday’s blog (title) heading was about a call from a doctor about my written complaint about a blood review results from the previous week in which I was told I was diabetic and I needed statins...(read more)

Post 522: The phone rang “Hi, it’s Dr Erasmus from your GP…”

2026-09-29T03:24:43Z

Post 522: The phone rang “Hi, it’s Dr Erasmus from your GP…” On a morning of no rest I should have heeded your advice about having a calmer day but after all the work I earned my lunch. Monday for me is not the horrible day...(read more)

Post 521: Printing 9th folder up to blog 450.

2026-09-28T06:05:21Z

Post 521: Printing 9th folder up to blog 450. It’s not been fun but as the busses become fewer and the issues which are more chronic are repeatedly reported I find that it’s still a wonderful refuge. This place has become my space and l...(read more)

Post 520: The smell of tattoo goo is rather nice as it happens.

2026-09-27T01:28:31Z

Post 520: The smell of tattoo goo is rather nice as it happens. Rather like a winter nasal tube clearer the special goo like Vaseline in thickness and in a similar small round tin, which is being applied three times a day after washing the tat. The ...(read more)