It's been a busy few weeks, things are really hotting up workload wise, with some overtime due tommorrow.
I decided to get out of this small Hampshire village for a few hours and headed into London.
It's the same route I used to commute and I so stopped over in Wimbledon to change a few address details at my bank.
I was last there over two weeks ago and it immediately struck me how damn busy London is, it seems like an age ago that I was living there. It made a nice change from the slow pace of rural life, however, I found myself feeling relieved I no longer lived amongst all the mad hustle and bustle.
Some of the rural life must've rubbed of on me, as I got marked by a charity worker who I decided to listen to. 10 minutes later of talk about funds for the deaf and blind and me nodding, I eventually had to butt in and cut to the chase. This isn't the "give a few quid" type thing, but rather, you put down your banking details and setup a debit. You can go as little as £5 a month, but something about it seemed troublesome to me. There's so much bank fraud over here, the thought of putting my bank details onto a piece of paper on the high street didn't seem logical. It was all above board, that much was true, but I want as few debits as possible. They don't accept cash donations, so I had to prise myself away. I'll give to charity in other ways.
On the train, I got marked by a very irritating and persistant "Big Issue" vendor who smelt bad and seemed just a little unhinged, in the course of a 10 minute train journey, he asked me 3 times to buy a Big Issue, I declined. Too damn pushy. I don't like the "hard sell" patter, it turns me away. I gave a quid to a beggar instead.
After a stop in Earlsfield to pick up some post, I headed to the market, had a venison burger, a few pints and got a bunch of great food - herbs, cheese, vege. I also got a potted rosemary bush, which I intend to attempt to not kill off in a week.
I took a few photos and vids with my new digicam and really enjoyed the crowds for a while, meandering in and out of the market, trying sample produce, buying some olives - great stuff.
Not a massively eventful day, but I've got a chicken roasting in the oven on the go, some wine chilling in the fridge and some movies to watch.
The chicken is being slowly roasted with bay leaves, roscoff pink onions, portobello mushrooms, fresh crushed garlic, fresh thyme, a fresh lemon and some tasty roast spuds. - YUM.
Ahhh, the life of a single person - sometimes it really is great. But only sometimes ...
