eggsarascal

That town I grew up in got a new retail park that is great, even get free parking, at the same time it got parking meters on the High Street and the town square. Talk about killing the town centre off! I choose to live how I do, I meet many that don’t have that choice in

Come with me then, live amongst the junkies and beggars and we’ll do it together. These cities have been left to rot way beyond what I could change, and to be fair why would I bother, don’t we elect MP’s like Gullis, who’s offices are in this town to sort these things?

This is the town a grew up in, it was thriving when I was a kid. 6th biggest economy and this is the state of some of the town centres.

One last thing I needed to do before I left the area was go to see my mate, a diamond of a fella who went way to soon. Rest in peace Coop.

I only needed to do two things before I left the area, go and see Coop and Deak, two of my best friends, I found Coop, but couldn’t find Deak’s grave, not for the want of trying, I’ll find him next time I’m in the area. Two good men who died young.

Slightly harsh, there are some really decent MP’s, just not a lot of them. The fact is there is plenty of places to redevelop and plenty of unused land that could be built on. ‘We’ can’t seem to keep the number of migrants entering the country, I wonder if cheap labour is the reason.

No, not building on arable or pasture, there is absolutely no need for that. There is plenty of buildings that stand empty that could be redeveloped and plenty of land that’s pretty much useless to landowners that could be repurposed.

Stacks of them when I visited a mate in Chester, loads when I went to see our kid in Stoke. Less than 10% of the Uk is built on yet we have a housing crisis. Where does it end, people living longer, immigrants, and ‘we’ are miles off building enough houses?

something I’ve noticed on my recent travels is the amount of people sleeping rough, especially in bigger towns and cities, then yesterday I was listening to an article on the wireless about the government wanting to fine people for sleeping on the streets (I’m fairly sure most people don’t choose to live outside in the pissing rain?). We’ve a massive housing crisis, blame it on government, migrants or whatever ya want, I just think fining people who are on the bones of their arse is a bit strong, not that the fine would be paid! Your thoughts?

Thank ya fella. You

Yes mate, a mixture of places I’ve not been to before and places I haven’t been to for a long time. Wrist is healed now so I’ve no excuses not to get back on the tools.

Fair point, I’ve ditched it and sterilised the tank anyway.

Luck ran out today, filled up with water at an allotment, when I went to use it I noticed it was tainted a brown colour, got talking to a bloke who has a plot there, the water comes from a rain water harvester😂 anyway, the jolly around has come to an end, back to East Anglia to get some money in the bank. A picture of Mow Cop castle, it’s a folly. You’ll need to zoom in to see it.

They are known as road snakes, they are supposed to do exactly what you can’t see them doing, it’s just tar poured into cracks to stop them spreading. Never did any of it myself, the gang I worked on did the major resurfacing jobs, plane and machine lay with some hand lay where the surfacer couldn’t get in.

Spectacular, Mow Cop is my sort of place, ain’t been there for time, I’d forgotten how tranquil it is.

Feck’em, I’ll stay here tonight, can you make our Joderall Bank? I’m sure

It’s not about being poor, more to do with people wanting extortionate money to stay on their ground, (I know, if I don’t like it…) they can go feck themselves, I’ll pull anywhere in peace, I won’t pull somewhere to have my pants pulled down. £600/month plus electric is taking the piss.

Try finding a bit of ground to site a trailer on. You

Before I start, it won’t be happening. £600/month to pull my trailer on someone else’s bit of ground, plus electric on a meter, can’t use the address! Ok, I’m ranting, but £600 to site a trailer, ffs! You

This morning I went for a look-see, there are 7 coppers who work from this satellite office, I’ve only meet the lady who knocked my van yet the sergeant who opened the hatch greeted me with, good morning, you must be Simon, so much for being incognito! Anyway, he was sound, showed me where everything was and left me to it. On the way out I get chatting to two of them, one asks, where do you normally get a shower, to which I replied, in my van, he asked why I was using there’s then, quite obvious boss, if I use my shower I have to use my gas to heat the water, I have to find somewhere to replenish that water and somewhere to empty my grey water tank, much easier and cheaper to use yours, to which he replied, I like your logic. I’ll be back Friday morning to do my washing before I move on. Half jokingly and half seriously I said, I’d keep this to yourselves, he asked why, I said, you’ve a beautiful village, if people get wind that they can come here, get no hassle off the old bill and use your facilities for free you will be inundated with vans. Just about on my way when Dave, first name terms already!, says, this any good to you?, it’s a solar usb charger/power bank, yes please I’ll give that a go. What a brilliant piece of kit, why haven’t I had one of these before!?

Until a couple of weeks ago I hadn’t had a ‘welfare’ visit from the old bill for being parked at the side of road for 18 months/2 years, yesterday afternoon get a knock from a lady PCSO. Normal spiel, are you ok, why are you living in a camper, blah, blah fecking blah. Anyway this ‘copper’ threw me a right curve ball, Have you been in the Village Centre? Yes, most days to use the facilities and cafe. Did you know there are showers in there? No, there’s no shower in the gents. Yes there is. Really? Yes, but not the facilities the public use, if you want to use the shower or washing machine come down to the Police Office in the Centre and you are welcome to use our staff toilet, shower and washing machine, if we aren’t busy you’ll probably get a brew. She could of blown me over, never in all the years I’ve lived in vans have I ever heard anything like it. Perhaps my cynical side might have to change about welfare visits. Anyway, like buses, you wait a lifetime for one and two come at the same time.

It’s more where my palm meets my wrist it’s painful, the wrist is fair good.

Not good fella, thanks for asking though. I can’t sleep with the pain of it, the doctor prescribe me some other painkillers but they aren’t worth a wank, so I went to get a pot which does numb the pain but it’s so strong now, it wipes me out.

Firstly, thank you for your kind wishes, secondly this post only just appeared. It’s not stopped me driving but I haven’t seen moved much, I’m up in Shropshire, been in the same lay-by for best part of the week, Gavers came yesterday, just a welfare check!?

It’s a fair point, £80 for a MOT puts £500-£1000 on an old van, might not sound a lot, but 2 or three a month… naively I thought those days were over.