Monday, June 28, 2021

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Coronavirus - Sunday 27th June, 2021

We drove over to Woking on Monday afternoon, M is looking at stuff about Guildford in the archives of the Surrey History Centre for the next couple of days. We are staying in an appartment. We went out for a really nice middle eastern meal in the evening at a restaurant called Daarna. You had to take your own wine which kept the price down. No corkage either. On Tuesday I walked along the Basingstoke Canal to Farnborough. Its very pretty.
The locks look well maintained but I didn't see many boats  and none on the move. I had spotted a route that went past Farnborough North station which I know from Northgate cycling trips is very close to an excellent pub called The Prince Of Wales. However I got there about 3pm. 
I got a train back from Farnborough main station. It was good to see the car park and bike racks quite full. It looks like a fair few people are commuting in this neck of the woods. Saw some intetesting sculptures back in Woking
 Walked about 11 miles in all. Watched England beat Czech Rep 1 0. I hired a brompton on Wednesday and cycled the other way along the canal to where it joins the River Wey Navigation and on to Weybridge where that joins the Thames. There are a lot more boats that way and saw a few on the move.
Many of the waterfronts have been adapted.
A few people fishing as there had been the day before. Saw a shoal of good sized possibly chub about 40cms long.  A nice bit of graffiti under the M25.
Managed a pint and a bag of nuts for lunch.
Had a bit of a problem folding up the brompton at the end and had to phone their support number. Got there in the  end. Did about 20 miles plus a couple walking. In the evening we went to a pub called The Red Lion in Horsell and had a really nice meal. I went for the liver. Watched the end of France v Portugal. Finished 2 2 as did Germany v Hungary. As a result we play Germany in the next round. We packed up and parked at the history centre on Thursday morning and I headed off into town. Then a major incident occurred as M had lost the camera. She checked the car and I went back to the flat but no luck. It turned up at the history centre front desk.  I had a look round The Lightbox, a sort of art gallery/local museum. There was an exhibition by  a guy called Michael Aryton that was quite good. I also learned that Brookwood cemetery was created to hold all London's dead with 2 trains a day but it didn't really take off. Another sculpture outside.
Had an uneventful drive back. If it wasn't for the canal Woking would be very dull. Its just a big, unattractive shopping centre. I genereally dont like that part of the country as one nondescript town merges into the next with very little open country. Went for a swim early Friday afternoon and found it surprisingly tiring. M cooked a very nice mousaka. We think its Greek for use everything in the kitchen. Put a few things on Free Cycle as its open again. Mainly stuff from the front room after the revamp. Did a bit of gardening on Saturday. The jasmin by the side of the house is getting a bit overgrown but its just starting to flower so just gave it a trim. Watched Wales lose to Denmark 4 0. More gardening on Sunday. Then watched Holland v Czech Rep, 0 2 and Belgium v Portugal, 1 0. The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, designed over the weekend. He'd been telling everyone to stick to the rules whilst having an affair with a colleague and they were caught on camera in a clinch. He's being replaced by Savid Javid who could be OK. He resigned as Chancellor after refusing to sack his advisors as demanded by Johnson and Cummings, so he could have some integrity.

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