Misfits Mid-Life Crisis Adventures in East London and Surrey.

Week 330 Saturday 10^th until Friday 16^thOctober 2020.

Due to a tech issue I can’t use a lot of the pictures I wanted, plus the blog does look a little different this week (maybe its better like this).  Hopefully next week will be back to normal.

Last Saturday I visited a 19yr old, who for 14 years lived with me, he really was my constant companion in a lovely flat in Surrey.  Spike is a beautiful black cat who I met when he was one day old with his two sisters.  The reason he doesn’t live with me anymore is simply because I had the opportunity to go travelling, and I really had to go.  Luckily a couple of work colleague were able to take him.  I regard this as his well-earned retirement; he now lives in a lovely house with a garden with people who adore him.  For 19 he is in pretty good health, his main issues are his eyes.

Seeing “the boy” is always emotional.  I think of the good times, all the unconditional love he gave me, the occasions I spent looking for him around the flat, worrying that he escaped, only to find him relaxing asleep on top of an open door.  Or the times I helped to remove his paw from the video recorder (remember them kids) because he was bored while I yakked away on the phone.  He knew I would have to end the call straight away and attend to him. He was, and still is, a clever boy.

He really did look after me and kept me sane; I have so much to thank him for.  The fact that he is, in my opinion, having a even better life with my friends makes me so pleased.  I think of Spike often, especially when I see another black cat.

He is older and slower now.  As I am planning on going away next year I have to make the effort to visit him more often.  I have faced up to the upsetting fact that he probably won’t be here when I return, but there will always be a small purry place in my heart for this very special black cat.

And Finally……

After reading a headline about the American president, I looked up at and said to my friend “President crump“.  It was an honest mistake, if the White House is monitoring this ramble.

This week I managed to get tickets for two big theatre productions in Jan and May next year. Fingers crossed that nothing gets cancelled.

Oh, I sneezed into my own mask.  It wasn’t the nice “Doctor Who” one, it just the normal blue paper type.

My Mid Life Crisis Conts……

This week I have mainly been watching:  

“Click”, (10/10/20).  “Crazy Rich Asians”, (2018).  “Farscape”, (S1, ep 13 to ep 20).  “Fringe”, (S1, ep 1 to ep 5).  “Glitch”, (S3, ep 1).  “Have I Got News For You”, (S60, ep 3, TX: 16/10/20).  “Love Life”, (S1, ep 1 to ep 5).  “Rising Damp”, (S2, ep 1 to ep 6).  “Spitting Image (2020)”, (Britbox)(S1, ep 2, 10/10/20).  “Star Trek: Discovery”, (S3, ep 1).  “The Expanse”, (S2, ep 1 to 5).  “The Graham Norton Show”, (S28, ep 3, TX: 16/10/20).  “The Great British Bake Off”, (S11 (S4 on C4), ep 4, TX: 13/10/20).  “The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice”, (S7 (S4 on C4), ep 4, TX: 16/10/20).  “The Haunting Of Bly Manor”, (S1, ep 1).  “The Sky At Night”, (TX: 11/10/20).  “To The Lake”, (S1, ep 1).  “Top Gear”, (S29, ep 2, TX: 11/10/20).  “Z Nation”, (S1, ep 1 & ep 2).                                       

Doctor Who Watched This Week:

“Blink”, (S29 (S3), ep 10,Prod Code 3.10)(TX: 09/06/07).

“Utopia”, (S29 (S3), ep 11,  Prod Code 3.11)(TX: 16/06/07).

“The Sound Of Drums”, (S29 (S3), ep 12, Prod Code 3.12)(TX: 23/06/07).

“The Last Of The Timelords”, (S29 (S3), ep 13, Prod Code 3.13)(TX: 30/06/20).

“Voyage Of The Damned”, Prod code 4.X)(TX: 25/12/07)

Gerry Anderson Watched This Week:

“Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons”, (S1, ep 12, TX: 15/12/67).

“Space 1999”, (S1, ep 14 TX: 04/12/75).

 “UFO”, (S1, ep 11, TX: 16/12/70).

This week I have mainly been listening to:  

“Betamax Video Club”, (ep 24, 08/08/18)(ep 40, 23/01/19)(ep 45, 04/04/19)(ep 59, 18/12/19)(ep 70, 28/05/20)(ep 75, 06/08/20)(ep 79, 15/10/20).  “Clinton Baptiste’s Paranormal Podcast”, (S3, ep 3, 13/10/20).  “Coronavirus Global Daily Update”, (BBC World Service) (10/10/20) (11/10/20)(12/10/20) (13/10/20)(14/10/20) (15/10/20) (16/10/20).  “CNN, Coronavirus: Fact Vs Fiction”, (ep 160, 12/10/20)(ep 161, 13/10/20)(ep 162, 14/10/20)(ep 163, 15/10/20)(ep 164, 16/10/20).  “David Tennant Does A Podcast With….”, (S2, ep 10, 13/10/20).  “Gossipmongers”, (S4, ep 5, 12/10/20).  “Griefcast”, (ep 116, 14/10/20).  “Lazy Doctor Who”, (ep 210, 12/10/20)(ep 211, 13/10).  “NASA: Curious Universe”, (Trailer, 31/03/20)(ep 1, 12/04/20)(ep 2, 19/02/20).  “NASA: Houston We Have A Podcast”, (ep 167, 16/10/20).  “Nick Abbot (Whole Show)”, (10/10/20) (11/10/20) (16/10/20).  “Rob Beckett And Josh Widdecombe’s Lockdown Parenting Hell”, (S1, ep 49, 13/10/20)(ep 50, 16/10/20).  “Something Who”, (ep 3, 03/08/19)(ep 4, 23/08/19)(ep 4.5, 03/09/19).  “Soundtracking With Edith Bowman”, (ep 214, 02/10/20)(ep 215, 09/10/20).  “Space Boffins”, (14/10/20).  “The Adam Buxton Podcast”, (ep 133, 09/10/20)(ep 134, 12/10/20).  “The All New Angelos And Barry Podcast”, (15/10/20).  “The Froth”, (S2, ep 3, 13/10/20).  “The Nick Abbot Habit”, (12/10/20).  “The Skewer”, (BBC Radio 4)(S2, ep 5, 15/10/20).  “What’s The Problem? With Nick Abbot And Carol McGiffen”, (S1, ep 38, 12/10/20).  “Morrissey”,  “Kate Bush”,  “Franz Ferdinand”,  “Shed Seven”,  “Underworld”,  “The Cure”,  “Artic Monkeys”,  “Snow Patrol”,  “Tom Petty”,  “Ash”,  P.J Harvey”,  “Michael Kiwanuka”.