Alan's Everyday Life Blog: 2022

Sunday 20 November 2022

Dream: THE MUDDLE OF LIFE

I started to sort out the washing up, then I got to the empty yoghurt pot.

This prompted me to write 'Yoghurt' down on the shopping list.

For that, I needed a pen.

The first one didn't work, and neither did the second, so I started rummaging around the junk box for one that did.

So, I needed to reorganise that box. There were several non-working pens which I popped in the kitchen bin (looks full).

I found a pencil, but it needed sharpening.

So I looked in the stationery drawer for a pencil sharpener.

I held the pencil and sharpener over the kitchen bin and saw that the bin really did need emptying.

So I took the bin bag out to the dustbin, went back inside to look for another bin liner.

I went to the drawer with the bin liners in, and that needed tidying out. Curiously, there was a pen in there.

I scribbled with it on the side of a cereal packet. That works. Now, what did I need that for?

Back to the drawer. Remind me, what was I in there for?

Well, surprise, the drawer contains an old photo. Which really ought to be in that old photo album in the wardrobe upstairs .. and that's where I've been for the past hour.

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Saturday 20 August 2022

Wikipedia: "There has been a settlement at Thetford since the Iron Age, and parts of the town predate the Norman Conquest; Thetford Castle was established shortly thereafter. Roger Bigod founded the Cluniac Priory of St Mary in 1104, which became the largest and most important religious institution in Thetford. The town was badly hit by the Dissolution of the Monasteries, including the castle's destruction, but was rebuilt in 1574 when Elizabeth I established a town charter. After World War II, Thetford became an "overspill town", taking people from London, as a result of which its population increased substantially."

16/8 DAY 1 Morning Walk

16/8 DAY 1 Afternoon at BTO

At the British Trust for Ornithology an oak tree was bought by Graham Winter for Michael and Linda Winter in the year 2000. 22 years later it's still here:

In the town centre, Mum, Michael, 'Arthur Lowe' as Capt Mainwaring from tv sitcom Dad's Army, and myself

17/8 Day 2 Morning Walk

Video of Castle Mound on my Facebook Page

Walk around the castle mound top Video on my Facebook Page

17/8 Day 2 Afternoon Walk

The remains of Thetford Priory, home to Cluniac monks. From the early 12th century, for 400 years, it was one of the last monasteries to be suppressed when it surrendered to Henry VIII's commissioners in 1540.

Priory: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/thetford-priory/

Day 2 Inside Ancient House Museum, Thetford. VIDEO On my Facebook Page

18/8 Day 3 Morning Walk

I'm such a fun guy!

Grass so dry

Grade II listed building, a former gaol now let as a holiday cottage.

This row appeared in a Dad's Army film

Beside the river in Thetford town centre

Indian Maharajah Sir Duleep Singh made a home on an estate at nearby Elveden. He had been exiled from India and served Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Duleep Singh statue - see Wiki article

The lone statue figure of Captain Mainwaring, as played by actor Arthur Lowe in the tv sitcom Dad's Army

18/8 Day 3 Afternoon Bus Tour

Circular Bus Route

I toured the town's estates on this circular bus route today

Let me tell you, once was enough.

The town has new satellite housing estates constructed in the past 60 years set around it's core medieval past, and new estates are still being added.

The grass was very parched as you'll see, as rainfall has been very minimal.