Misfits Mid-Life Crisis Adventures in East, West and Central London & Essex (The NEXT Chapter).

Week 255 Saturday 4^th until Friday 10^thMay 2019.

From Wednesday 8th until Tuesday 14th of May I have a friend visiting from Canada (via Scotland). This means that for the next two blogs I am going to pretend to be a tourist in London, a city I have spent far too long in.

First a little background (It’s all content). In 1986 while visiting Canada I travelled on the Trans Canadian railway from Toronto to Vancouver and back again. At Thunder Bay a woman got on who was also travelling to British Columbia. For the next three days we spent every hour together. Saying goodbye to my new friend April in Vancouver was emotional and difficult. I felt I knew her so well even though we had actually only known each other a couple of days.

I am so pleased to report that we remained friends ever since, first using snail mail, then emails and now social media. We don’t have a lot of contact, but my Thunder Bay friend has been a constant in my life ever since. Not a single Crimbum or bday goes by without me receiving a card, no matter where I have lived. When April announced last year she was making her first visit to the UK, meeting family in Scotland before arriving in London (then onto France and Germany) I knew we would spent time together. I am really looking forward to spending time with my friend after all these years, as well as seeing the capital through her eyes.

So this is “Part One of pretending to be a tourist in London”.

“April, found a Teleport near London Bridge Station”.

“April fingering Tower Bridge in the rain”.

“Admiring St Paul’s, which was designed by a relative of mine. And meeting the “Fearless Girl” in Paternoster Square.

 
“On the top deck of the bus to visit Nelson on top of his column”.

“April, checking out her new London pad!”.

“For some strange reason, we were not on the guest list when we visited”.

“Checking to see if this will fit under her coat to take home”.

“What the time asked April?”. Watching the Hamster wheel go round”.

“When in London on a rainy day, always eat Ice Cream”.
Aprils adventures in London continue next week……..

And Finally……

Thought MOZ said “so shits”. She actually said “associates”.

My Mid Life Crisis Conts……

This week I have mainly been watching:

“An American Haunting”, (2005). “Car Share”, (S1, ep 1 & ep 2). “Chernobyl”, (S1, ep 1). “Christopher Robin”, (2018). “Click”, (TX: 04/05/19). “Doom Patrol”, (S1, ep 11. “Fright Night”, (2011). “Forensics The Real CSI”, (S1, ep 2, TX: 08/05/19). “Game Of Thrones”, (S8, ep 4). “Ghosts”, (S1, ep 4). “Happy!”, (S2, ep 7). “In The Dark”, (s1, ep 6). “IZombie”, (S5, ep 2). “Killing Eve”, (S2, ep 5). “Light As A Feather”, (S1, ep 4 & ep 5). “MISFITS”, (S1, ep 1). “Not Going Out”, (S10, ep 4). “The Chase”, (S5, ep 33). “The Exorcism Of Emily Rose”, (2005). “The Graham Norton Show”, (S25, ep 5, TX: 03/05/19)(ep 6, TX: 10/05/19). “The Looming Tower”, S1, ep 2). “Travelman 48hrs in… Hamburg”, (S9, ep 4, TX: 06/05/19). “Trust Me”, (S2, ep 4). “Z Nation”, (S2, ep 4 to ep 14)(S3, ep 1).

This week I saw live:

“The Graham Norton Show”, (BBC TVC, TC1)(S25, ep 6, RX: 09/05/19).

This week I have mainly been listening to:

“30 Animals That Made Us Smarter”, (S1, ep 7, 05/05/19). “Best Bad Movie Ever”, (01/05/19). “Clinton Baptiste Paranormal Podcast”, (S2, ep 6, 06/05/19). “Griefcast”, (ep 79, 08/05/19). “Iain Lee (Bonus)”, (06/05/19). “Iain Lee (Highlights)”, (02/05, 03/05, 06/05, 07/05, 09/05/19). “LBC Podcast: Mystery Hour”, (09/05/19). “LBC Podcast: Nick Abbot (Whole Show)”, (04/05/19). “NASA Edge: Viking 40^th Anniversary: First Images”, (31/08/16). “NASA: Gravity Assist”, (10/05/19). “NASA: Houston We Have A Podcast”, (ep 91, 10/05/19). “Ruby Wax: Frazzled 2”, (BBC Radio 4, TX: 05/05/19). “Rule Of Three, (02/05/19)(09/05/19). “Soundtracking With Edith Bowman”, (ep 140, 03/05/19). “The Adam Buxton Podcast”, (ep 91, 04/05/19). “The All New Angelos And Barry Podcast”, (10/05/19). “The Nick Abbot Habit”, (04/05/19). “Morrissey”, “Guns N’ Roses”, “The Police”, “Shakespears Sister”, “Kylie And Jason”, “Bob Marley”, “John Cougar Mellencamp”, “Toad The Wet Sprocket”, “James”, “Sophie B Hawkins”, “Natalie Imbruglia”, “Edie Brickell And The New Bohemians”, “Len”, “Wheatus”, “Lisa Loeb”, “New Radicals”.