David's blog

Today, is another  horrible day regarding the weather, its bloody rained all day so far, I am actually sick of talking about the crap weather we have had this year, its sickening.  The bit of wind we have had today, has been enough to blow the tv signal off, it does not take much, it gets blow off quite easily, the analog signal did not disappear so much.  When this happens usually the signal is restored by tea time, we shall see what happens.   I was asked to cover a shift today, but the job is boring really, and Sundays can drag there, pretty much like they do here really.  If they had really wanted me i guess they would have rang again, I was suppose to be going away too this weekend but due to a bad cold I did not manage it.  Maybe I will have a go at going next weekend or the weekend after.

Today I got the dreaded medical forms, I am not too sure how they can decide who gets what from just a form, I guess thats why they can call on a medical.  I have heard that if people appeal, they have a good chance of getting the money back, which I guess does not paint a good picture of this company who are doing this analyses of who will get what.  I did get the forms, as I say but they have not given me a date when I ams suppose to have filled them in. I will have to ring them up again, which is a bit of a pain.  The whole process is a bit of a a pain really, but like the doctor said, there are many people who are in the same situation. Someone has offered to help m fill the forms in, which is handy It is a nice day today here weather wise though a bit cooler than it has been.  This afternoon I listened to Chelsea on the radio, they left it late to win the game, I think they have a lot to do if they are going to win something this season. I am not sure if I will go out tonight, the

I have just been thinking about this gathering together of community pubs in North Wales, not much response from two, but a good response from one.  It would be great to talk about ideas for improving the situation, and we could do things such as sell memberships, which is what I have heard a bit about in the last few days.  You could probably arrange holidays for people who want the community pub experience I guess, the options are many and varied.  Alcohol is a part of life I know it does a lot of damage, apparently there are over a million alcoholics in the country, I am not sure how they come up with this number, but that's how it goes.  I do like a pint but you need to be careful with alcohol, it can become a problem and a real bad one for some, where I guess in the end it will kill you. It seems that the community pub thing is catching on, there is one opening in Minera called Tyn y Capel, and one thinking of opening in Conwy, called the Red Lion in Tyn-y-Groes, which has ask

Its been a long old day, the forms for review have not arrived again, I had better ring them as they might stop the transactions if I don't.  I think I have sorted the insurance problem out.  This afternoon I did some shopping and then came home and had some tea, I should probably not eat as much as I do, as tonight I sat down in a chair and caught my coat in it, the coat ripped, if I had not been so heavy I doubt it would have ripped so much.  I need this coat tomorrow, as i am gong for a walk, I will decide in the morning whether I will go for the walk or not, there is always some problem or other these days. It seemed to be raining and then bright sunshine today, which made it difficult to put out my clothes to dry as I had to take them in as soon as I had put them out.

Wow! its been another day where it doesn't stop raining, seem to have been loads of them recently, not a lot I can do I guess.  It has finally stopped, and I was able to go for a walk..  I am not too happy about the way things are going right now, this tinnitus thing is pretty bad today, its horrible

I got a funny phone call today, from the housing association I rent this place from, they were doing a survey and wanted to know if I had some long term illness, now I don't know if they were showing concern, but I doubt it, so told them to mind their own business.  These companies I reckon use this kind of information to sell to companies. and make money out of it. It is no concern of a landlord what my state of health is, the only concern they should have is about me paying rent, which I do, and them fixing the place, which they don't

So this is the last day of being 49, how bloody depressing it is too, I really hope, I get no cards as I don't want anything to do with the number really its horrible. I have made twitter account for the local pub, I am not sure if it will be any good but I guess I can try.  The benefit forms have not come again today, but I am sure they will get here soon.  Today was a bad after that appalling display by the football team, they were a disgrace, it will be a long time before I take any notice of what they are doing again.

I went for a walk along this path the other day, it was quite straight forward, except for the last bit.  The next day I went to the hospital for an ENT appointment.  Yesterday I went to work for a few hours, all those things have for some reason, left me feeling tired today. Its a nice day today though weather wise.  Hopefully we will have another few nice days as the summer has been appalling weather wise. I see the paralympics is coming to an end, I was hoping that the thing would change the attitude of people to disability, but I doubt it will, I think that is due to the fact that the thing is segregated.  Some of the gaffes that some of the people said regarding disability were amusing.

I decided to go for a walk today, decided to tackle a route I had heard about a long time ago, the information about the route was on a route card, it seemed quite easy to follow.  I did check it out on the satellite map and I knew it was a quite a popular walk so it must be straight forward.  I was not sure if I was going to tackle all of it today, but in the end I did finish it.  The hard bit really was getting the bus back to Betws y Coed, in the end I got a lift from some people I know from the next town. I should have taken some food really as I was ravenous by the time I got back home, I made assumptions that I would find somewhere to eat, buy I did not and I guess I was not sure if I was going to tackle it all, I probably should be more decisive next time

I did something I have never done before today, I have eaten 3 mars bars, I guess that's what happens when you buy 4 of them in one go I suppose, they were a deal in the MrCalls shop. I went to Porthmadog today to do some shopping the tesco shop was not as busy as it has been due to the holiday makers going home I guess, I guess school is starting next week. I have just got a call from someone asking me if I wanted to go for a walk tomorrow, but I am already booked to do the washing up, I guess that's life, many a sunday I have sat here bored and maybe would have like to go for a walk but nothing happening, where now that I have got something to do or, I have promised to do something, the phone goes and and i get asked to do something, sod's law is what you call or its just how crappy life works I guess, its a fucking pain sometimes