It is Saturday morning and five long days have passed since I last wrote anything on my blog page. The reason is that nothing has occurred of much interest to write about. I have got some good news about my bike. I joined a local Westbury neighbourhood internet group and asked if anyone knew how to mend bikes. On Monday morning a man came round and mended it in about twenty minutes which was good of him. He advised me to keep the chain well oiled in future, so I went round to Davis’s and got a can of bike oil. I have not been motivated to go out on my bike since then because it has been quite cold, foggy and damp this week, also I’m quite lazy. I have not been out of the house since then. Every day has just merged into the next one. I have not had any alcohol since this latest lockdown started 23 days ago. I was looking forward to going to the pub next week when lockdown ends on December 2nd, but they have announced that the only pubs allowed to open are those that serve food. I do not go to the pub to eat, I go to drink and see my friends, so I will wait a while longer.
Anyway, after the news I have dinner which often involves brown rice and Linda McCartney. I usually listen to BBC 6 Music while this is going on. Monday night is my favourite telly night when I watch Only Connect and University Challenge. Then I flick round the channels to see if there is anything else worth watching. On BBC 4 on Thursday night they showed Brief Encounter with Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard because it is the 75th anniversary of its release. I watched it because there was nothing else on. It is about this middle aged, middle class woman who spends her afternoons at the pictures or hanging around railway stations. She meets this doctor, and they fall in love. I looked it up on Wikipedia and according to the critics it is the 2nd greatest British film of all time, second only to The Third Man. It is directed by David Lean. How they can rate Brief Encounter above other films of his such as Dr Zhivago, Lawrence Of Arabia or Ryan’s Daughter is beyond my ken. It is not even in colour. The only other thing worth watching was a great documentary last night about singer Gerry Rafferty.
Once it gets past midnight, I usually look on Wikipedia to see what occurred on this date in history. Today for example is the anniversary of William Blake being born in 1757. I like Saturdays, it is the 2nd round of the F.A. Cup today. My team Peterborough United known as The Posh are at home. I hope they win and get drawn against a big team like Manchester United in the 3rd round. We shall see.
PS, Posh lost! Bah, never-mind.
2 comments:
Hi Pat I am a big fan of black and white films. I agree that Brief Encounter doesn’t hold up to the likes of The Third Man, Billy Liar, this Sporting Life or even Allie but it was done post war where I guess people wanted a little hope and romance when they went to the movies. I am sorry your pub doesn’t serve food, that is the only way the bars here in San Antonio could remain open.
I did get a chance to watch 3 premiere league matches today and ended the evening with the Diego Maradona documentary done by Mr. Kapadia whose film shows the agony and the ecstasy one human being endures during a lifetime.
Always enjoy your pots and comments, thank for for sharing snippets of your world. Sofia
Hi Sofia,
Thanks for reading my ramblings. I almost deleted that post because I thought it was a lot of blather. I'm glad I didn't now if you found it interesting. I think I was being flippant in criticizing Brief Encounter. A film doesn't have to be in colour to be great. Also, I watched it all the way through which shows I must have enjoyed it.
I didn't know you were a fan of the English Premier League. Well done. Maradona was one of the greatest players ever, if not the greatest. His second goal against England in 86 was the goal of the century.
Hope you are well Sofia. All the best.
Pat.
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