Me & the Corona virus in Salisbury

Breezy here in Newquay, time seems to be flying past as usual.  We got here ok, they put us in First class at Westbury.  Since then we have been to the zoo and I showed mum that Italian restaurant Tuesday which has the sea views.  I can't go fast this year because of mum's mobility issues.  The weather has been hit and miss, should be better next week.  Hoping to go to Falmouth today, went to Perranporth yesterday, there was a school group getting on the coach, seemed like they  were  down from the Midlands; also a lot of Yorkshire people down here it seems. When I last came here Andrew and Rachel had a lovely Jack Russell, but she died six weeks ago, still feels strange that dad isn't with us in Newquay.  I saw a robin at the zoo, and a red Admiral butterfly by the bus station.  Supposed to mean spirits are near, maybe it was dad.  Why do things have to die? The shower is lovely, I have to remember to turn the taps towards the left for ...

I feel a huge responsibility on my shoulders  Me and mum leave on Saturday for Newquay, and I'm looking g after mum. I have arranged everything,  so I hope it runs smoothly Had a talk about The Young gallary at the history talk in library upstairs. I wanted to go to Chaplins in Boscomb on Friday, but mum got upset. I'm a bit fed up, I'm her carer now dad's gone, but it's becoming too much. At my age (51) I feel i should go places without having to report to anyone! I spend weekends up there but she wants me to go up every bloody night. I love mum but I'm starting to get burnout, it's left soly up to me to deal with everything. Mums getting worried about the gardener, but I'll sort it out. I done some weeding in the community garden. Thankfully we were in the shade, somone was on their front lawn sunbathing.  On the news it appears there's faults with Air India planes. Most people are scared to fly at the moment.

First fathers day without dad, I'm trying hard not to be sad.  Thers a motor show on in the market square. Lots of raving engines, sounds like Silverstone or Branshatch. Thers a few American cars in, including g a huge Rang Rover type pickup. The weather is brilliant today, I wish it was June all year long. Sad news on Thursday. A London bound Boing (always a Boing type) 787 dreamlike crashed in India.  The plane struck a medical college hostel when it fell in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff, killing 241 people on board. Except one man who was at the back of the plane! And one woman who was refused to board, be ause she was ten minutes late; that refusal saved her life. That man who survived (always British  national) will most likely suffer nightmares, PTSD and terrible survivors guilt. He's in hospital recovering, there were a lot of British Indian people onboard; at least 241 souls. Relatives of the crash victims gave DNA ...

I have started updating and adding pictures to my blog. I would like people to see what I'm talking about, in case they don't exist anymore. Things vanish, like that French restaurant in High Street.  I wasn't impressed when I went there one Tasty Tuesday.  Me and Annamaria went to Alpinos in The Canal which does ( or did ) Italian food.  That's now disappearing, being replaced by some awful nightclub.  Went to have my ears sucked out today at Sarah Luckman's in Queen Street. Ear wax the size of bullets, only problem is my right ear tends to Block again. Did the quiz at The Old Ale House in Crane Street. Some of the questions were hard, didn't quite understand the picture round.  It's nice to see the sun setting late, off to Milestones tomorrow. 

Climate change is being seen in Antarctica,  it's been on the news that glaciers are collapsing; yet idiots still deny its happening! There's a ship out there called The David Attenborough, they've nicknamed it ' Macboaty Macboatface ' daft name I think. Donald Trump has riots in Las Angeles, when he brought in martial law against immigration.  He's due to visit England soon; God help us. I didn't go to U3A in Harnham, I was waiting for the bus, and I saw Yvonne and her dog. He's so cute, but he getting older. I had 6 minutes left, but I ran back to mums house to use the loo. I hate it when it suddenly comes on. I am having my ear done tomorrow in Queen Street. Damp things blocks up again after a week. I've also got a stiff pain between my shoulders which is annoying, probably what kept me awake last night. I didn't sleep to well last night. I had a weird dream about dad. He came to visit me, but as he left, his clothes seemed to vanish right dow...

Better day then yesterday,  the weather was awful. Met Annamaria by Bradbeers to go to the John MacNeil fate in the cathedral close.  We watched the Navy Larks singing sea shanties, they ate amazing. Also went to the folk festival at the Rifals museum. Sat under a marquee,  started raining at 2pm; it never stopped. Apparently Lower gardens in Bournemouth was badly flooded. Freezing my ass off, supposed to be flaming June; flaming cold more like! I only had sandals on and pink trousers, now reverted back to walking boots and cord trousers. Supposed to be better next week. Mrs lees inside her shop For all you future generations who have never seen a corner shop. They are dying out as more people do their shopping online.  There used to be a corner shop on every street and road corner, hence the name.  Here you could buy newspapers, cigarettes' ( now long gone thankfully ) and have a natter to whomever was serving you.  It was very popular with the children wh...

I'm sitting next to my living room window looking out. I'm listening to Dances with Wolves, this was one of my dad's favourite movies. It still brings a tear to my eye, we went to the Odeon to see it. Mum didn't go for some reason, can't remember why. The Odeon in The Canal ( so called because ditches once ran down the sides ) is a 14th century building,  maybe earlier. Once belonged a Sheep merchant called John Hall who fought on the loosing side at The War of the Roses. The first ever movie I saw there was Bambi, then Ghostbusters. Also saw Titanic, it was bloody cold because the antique heating system had broken down. There are guided tours round the Odeon, also supposed to be haunted.  During the 1980's it was ran by a man called  Graham Dilks  who always replied to letters written in the journal criticizing it, the original name for it was called  Gaumont Palace Theatre during the war.  My grandmother mentions going with a neighbour to see ' how green ...