So tired…

Travelling through Swansea Uni. Sitting at the same computers (literally) that we used to email when we were doing our TEFL course nigh on 6 years ago. Shall be popping by the Spanish Dept to see if any of me old (also literally) professors are hobbling around. Went to Rhossili and Port Eynon this morning and walked through SIngleton park where we saw the 95% eclipse way back when.
I’d been worried about my failing memory of late, but it’s just not being around familiar stuff i think. All kinds of memories are flooding back like during the first afternoon pint following an all-nighter. Might see some of you at Ashton Court festival this weekend… Am off to Swansea town center to see if it’s all Starbucks or retains its unique “charms”. Blinding Summer so far. We met a bunch of students at the pub (The Red Lion) in Llangyndir who’ve promised me 2 gig’s worth of Happy Hardcore MP3s on Friday night. Expect more “dancin’” to hixxy, hms, dreamscape, helter skelter, bonkers, ahh, fond memories… have a video of me round stu’s giving it some from the other week, probably won’t see the light of day though.
Cheersy y’all- and E’eeni’ pooooh (the cry of the Evening Post newseller in the city center, purveyer of black market goods, unless she’s doing time now…)
ABsobloodylutely grand time I’m (we’re?) having
and we may even have broadband when we get back to KSM. Huzzah!

Mornin’ all. I’ve been reliably informed that it’s miserable weather in the south west of England and much of Wales right now, so for those of you who don’t check in on my flickr page that often, I’ve done another of those Picasa-made pages with photos from yesterday. Please note the cloudless skies, warm sand and icy water. And feckless doggie.

This one’s from when the horizon suddenly filled up with seagulls and pelicans in some kind of feeding frenzy. NPR’s also been on the blink all day, skipping like a scratched CD. These are both evidence of ‘glitches in the Matrix’, I believe.

Unless I sell Sita’s bike this morning I’m going to go for a ride up the coast, sans chien, which’ll be a novelty. I also have to get back to Stu, Anne & Bert about a ‘Duke of Edinburgh Award for Grown-ups’ weekend sometime in July. I don’t know which weekends we’re available yet nor if sita’s up for kendal mint cake and trig point related fun. It’ll be a laugh however it plays out. Maybe Snowdonia?

Yesterday’s attempt to escape heat: pic.twitter.com/YxakzB7CrU

— Gwyn (@gwynf) July 16, 2018

In other news, Maxie P.’s had a haircut:

Tanya and Sudarat came round for scrabble and black books last night. Well they didn’t know about the black books part when asked over, but I foisted it on them. bless’em, i didn’t fancy another friday night on me own. Sudarat’s just back from screening her film in a New York arts cinema and Tanya’s been extremely under the weather for nigh on 4 wks and is just coming out of the worst of it. Merci mucho pour la company. All that wound down around midnight and i started watching The Goodies but fell asleep a couple of minutes into the opening credits. Anyroad, not a great night’s sleep all in all so I’m going to try and get another nap in now (it’s half seven am).
and if you live in the states, this google satellite thingis fantastic. put your address in, zoom in, drag it round. magic. And if you’re looking to buy/rent a house in San Francisco or anywhere Craigslist is used, this is an impressive combination of google maps and the rent listings, with pictures and everything. That’s the 21st century for you…