https://www.ivorsdailygallvant.com/blog/ivor-s-daily-gallivant-friday-september-22-2023-this-morning-i-planned-make-the-gallivant-more-interesting-by-describing-how-i-ran-stark-naked-down-hythe-prescient-with-my-hair-dyed-blue-with-wode-and-managed-to-talk-the-police-into-giving-me-bail-with-the-help-of-a-passing-quick-thinking-legal-eagle-who-went-on-advised-me-that-it-might-be-prejudicial-to-my-court-hearing-to-say-too-much-about-it-i-met-a-charming-young-lady-at-the-bus-stop-in-holbury-who-has-a-degree-in-geology-from-st-andrews-university-one-of-the-more-deluxe-educational-establishments-and-plans-to-become-a-mining-engineer-in-australia-we-touched-briefly-whether-it-was-ecologically-sound-policy-to-continue-mineral-extraction-she-explained-that-with-current-technology-precious-metals-are-needed-an-interesting-and-intelligent-young-lady-who-all-being-well-has-an-interesting-life-ahead-of-her-who-i-promised-to-mention-in-my-blog-hallo-alyssa-i-hope-that-s-the-correct-spelling-alyssa-means-warrior-in-greek-as-you-may-or-may-not-know-for-a-while-now-i-have-been-concerned-about-my-eyesight-and-spoke-to-an-advisor-at-the-rnib-and-who-advised-me-to-speak-to-my-optician-in-the-interest-of-personal-privacy-i-will-say-nothing-more-about-it-except-i-left-happy-my-second-mission-for-the-day-was-to-deliver-my-collection-of-comic-verse-the-buffoon-designs-book-of-mostly-comic-verse-to-jonny-who-is-shortly-to-more-on-from-october-books-to-do-a-phd-in-english-literature-at-york-ever-keen-for-a-little-variety-i-used-hythe-ferry-to-travel-into-southampton-which-was-more-expensive-but-much-nicer-in-the-waiting-room-i-met-a-group-of-cyclists-from-portsmouth-and-remarked-what-a-nice-day-it-was-to-go-cycling-in-the-forest-who-i-also-promised-a-mention-i-read-a-plaque-about-famous-royals-people-who-had-visited-hythe-pier-there-was-one-from-the-spanish-royal-family-who-the-people-kept-trying-to-assassinate-including-once-on-his-wedding-day-he-eventually-took-the-hint-and-abdicate-and-there-was-kaiser-wilhelm-who-started-the-first-world-war-i-expect-he-thought-it-was-a-good-idea-bless-him-my-knowledge-of-h2025-09-26T05:45:46+00:000.8https://www.ivorsdailygallvant.com/blog/ivor-s-daily-gallivant-thursday-september-21-2023-in-the-morning-i-had-a-bowl-of-granola-for-breakfast-and-exchanged-a-few-words-with-rob-about-his-single-i-m-missing-you-which-is-due-for-release-on-october-12-and-announced-it-again-today-along-with-an-announcement-of-my-exhibition-of-paintings-at-october-books-on-october-13-so-october-promises-to-be-an-exciting-month-i-explained-that-with-advertising-it-s-necessary-to-make-an-announcement-at-least-three-times-before-it-will-have-any-impact-despite-the-rain-i-needed-a-change-of-air-and-with-a-plan-to-make-the-recipe-for-bototie-which-my-niece-amanda-described-to-me-on-tuesday-whilst-visiting-me-so-i-caught-the-bus-to-tesco-to-buy-some-cloves-whilst-at-tesco-i-bought-the-cloves-some-tins-of-soup-i-hadn-t-tried-before-and-four-scotch-eggs-i-caught-the-bus-to-blackfield-and-had-an-uneventful-lunch-i-m-thinking-of-asking-my-gp-for-advice-about-getting-a-private-appointment-for-glaucoma-eye-drops-instead-of-waiting-until-13-3-20242025-09-26T05:45:46+00:000.8https://www.ivorsdailygallvant.com/blog/ivor-s-daily-gallivant-saturday-september-23-2023-this-was-written-on-monday-25-unlike-the-vast-majority-of-my-posts-don-t-have-that-go-getter-urgent-copy-quality-my-readers-if-there-actually-are-any-have-come-to-expect-as-usual-i-went-to-the-soul-caf%C3%A9-and-it-was-full-to-the-gunnels-all-but-a-set-of-seats-near-the-coffee-counter-facing-into-the-room-somehow-i-wasn-t-in-the-mood-for-drawing-and-i-settled-down-and-had-a-stab-at-writing-a-short-story-being-with-a-line-from-john-keats-and-migration-of-phd-students-to-their-places-off-further-education-season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness-i-realised-i-would-be-able-to-listen-to-it-and-other-famous-poetry-on-the-net-which-i-did-and-went-onto-listen-to-the-sonnet-which-begins-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summer-day-another-project-which-is-on-a-back-burner-a-had-a-bowl-of-homemade-mushroom-soup-in-st-andrews-coffee-house-and-then-onto-hythe-and-had-another-coffee-at-black-wax-coffee-and-records-and-sat-in-a-corner-and-wrote-a-dash-of-doggerel-or-should-that-be-a-dash-hound-of-doggerel-the-proprietor-who-has-been-round-to-my-bungalow-with-his-jehovah-s-witness-hat-on-was-there-wearing-a-loud-shirt-end-a-small-brightly-coloured-hat-i-remarked-get-ahead-get-a-hat-when-i-got-home-i-did-some-more-chatting-on-facebook-ate-and-slept2025-09-26T05:45:46+00:000.8https://www.ivorsdailygallvant.com/blog/ivor-s-daily-gallivant-sunday-september-25-2023-after-being-a-total-twerp-on-friday-and-thinking-it-was-thursday-the-ever-royal-quintessential-scallywag-aka-andy-come-round-for-our-weekly-scrabble-ritual-tournament-he-was-worried-when-he-found-there-was-no-sign-of-me-and-looked-through-the-windows-for-me-i-m-epileptic-and-live-alone-so-his-concerns-were-understandable-no-matter-all-well-that-ends-well-he-came-today-we-had-a-good-chinwag-and-the-almost-inevitable-happened-and-he-won-both-games-but-with-a-marginal-point-difference-i-jotted-down-a-to-do-list-for-monday-ate-the-last-of-my-homemade-vegetable-curry-and-crawled-off-to-bed-at-about-nine-and-slept-too-through-till-about-four-in-the-morning-on-monday-the-discrepancy-was-probably-due-to-andy-coming-here-sunday-last-week-which-caused-my-routine-to-be-out-of-sync2025-09-26T05:45:46+00:000.8https://www.ivorsdailygallvant.com/blog/ivor-s-daily-gallivant-monday-september-25-2023-i-woke-bursting-with-energy-at-400am-and-wrote-the-text-to-my-email-to-promote-my-friend-rob-freemantle-s-single-which-comes-out-on-13-10-23-called-i-m-missing-you-i-sent-it-to-him-to-be-checked-and-he-told-me-i-d-got-the-name-of-the-song-wrong-and-hadn-t-included-his-artist-s-name-matrafox-i-joined-a-couple-of-local-facebook-groups-new-forest-history-and-heritage-left-politics-listened-to-lockley-hall-by-alfred-lord-tennyson-prompted-by-the-line-spring-when-a-young-man-s-fancy-turns-to-love-i-finding-as-a-dyslexic-being-able-to-listen-to-poetry-on-the-internet-is-really-helpful-and-am-looking-forward-to-seeing-what-is-available-on-the-rnib-talking-books-library-went-to-veg-out-at-october-and-saw-ron-and-chris-tucker-on-the-bus-into-southampton-i-asked-ron-if-he-was-related-to-geoff-tucker-who-is-something-to-do-with-new-forest-history-and-heritage-i-had-a-pleasant-greeting-when-i-got-to-october-books-and-my-food-was-very-nice-when-i-d-finished-i-looked-through-the-food-on-sale-in-the-shop-and-picked-a-packet-of-dates-unfortunately-when-i-came-to-pay-for-them-i-found-i-d-lost-my-bank-card-when-l-got-home-i-ordered-another-card-and-realised-i-wouldn-t-be-able-to-go-to-get-my-covid-jab-tomorrow-because-it-needed-a-train-journey-which-which-without-money-i-couldn-t-do-after-snuggling-finding-my-appointment-and-nhs-numbers-i-cancelled-my-appointment-my-next-problem-was-i-was-short-of-bread-and-at-first-thought-i-could-get-more-at-the-free-cook-up-on-thursday-but-then-realised-it-clashed-with-the-unite-community-meeting-which-was-also-on-thursday-i-messaged-lucie-mann-and-she-said-i-could-to-get-a-free-loaf-at-hythe-library2025-09-26T05:45:46+00:000.8