Determined not to bore you with my health. Enjoyable walk on Saturday left me with extra pain in left foot. Had to withdraw from guided walk of Hambrook on Monday. Gloom. Life goes on. Writing more about less.
Life goes on. Tuesday had to hobble around Canterbury. Dentist at 830. Library book to return. Collect book from Waterstones. Library opens ten. Slowness will use up the time. Take shortest route, avoiding crowds where possible.
Fine morn, about 20 deg. Rain forecast. Remembered to put raincoat in pack, also water bottle and apple. Past castle and St Mildreds church. Rope Walk by river Stour. Buildings on former tannery. Names like Creine Mill Lane, Old Watling Street. Crowded with dwellings. Ahead to St Peters Grove, an area saved from demolition in 70s. Left on Tower Way for wee in public lavatory. Right on St Peters Place, right again on St Peters Street. Left at St Peters church into St Peters Lane where dentist is. Nearby is St Peters Methodist church.
Main dental problem is gap where tooth fell apart while eating first cherry of season. More visits booked. Friars, past Marlowe theatre and Friends meeting house. Orange Street, memories of music club where number three son played. Heard folk legend Martin Carthy there. Sun Street. Burgate. Slight uphill. Don’t like cobbles. Wholefood for baguette and teethpaste. Cash from machine. Big Issue man, Dave, absent. M&S for Swiss chocs. Waterstones, present for number one son.
Through arcade to St Margarets Street. Some time before library opens. Coffee where? Plenty of choice. Prefer to sit outside. Noticed Cosy Club. In former Waterstones. We used to have two. Opened today. Big place. Meals, beer. Can Canterbury support all these eating places? Kentish Gazette describes it as opulent and eccentric, aimed at families rather than vertical drinkers at the bar. Good espresso at outside table. To library via main street, cursing obstructions like advertising boards. Little space to walk. Not traffic free this early. Not yet 10. Ate apple in little park opposite library. Picked crime story “Fakes and lies” by Jane A Adams. Other book i have out is “Walking” by Matthew Beaumont, professor of English at University College London. I’ve walked a lot and read a lot but can’t often see what he’s on about.
Fearing rain imminent walked along Stour St. Looked in former Cycle shop, now Rock Paper Scissors, full of arty things i think. On past Limes, Canterbury”s gay pub, under subway to Wincheap and home. Just before a few drops of rain.
Be positive. Did what i planned. Avoided rain. Foot worse. Resolved to rest it. Difficult as my activities are based on walking.
Rambling Brummie 