horsemouth on his travels ('get back to work you fat ponce')

horsemouth is off to frome. (but first he's off to the wilds of herefordshire).   

he has (as far as he can recollect) never been there before. 

he is also (by the power of sleep deprivation) up early.  he's wearing jeans and a shirt (which he may well change out of as being too warm for the journey). horsemouth likes to be up and off as soon as possible when he travels (but he's also got to wait for rush hour to abate and this will give him time to pack etc.).

by going today he escapes the last of the heat but also gets there before the thunderstorms.  

he's getting his parents to phone him at midday to see how far he has got. 

yesterday was the anniversary of the deaths of both roy buchanan and bob calvert (both in 1988). horsemouth saw roy buchanan play (at the hammersmith odeon) and he saw bob calvert play (at the hammersmith palais or one of those - in these gigs he was fortunate). 

boris johnson is on second holiday in greece. he has been greeted with a cheery 'get back to work you fat ponce'  by the british tourists (sadly no footage yet). 

yesterday horsemouth went for a walk earlyish and he went for a walk late-ish (but sadly neither at the magic hour). in the day he mostly skulked indoors. he read (a rescued copy of the FT). he watched the news.  while he's away sten is getting a skip apparently. horsemouth doesn't hold out any great hope (previous great removes have been disappointing). perhaps he will be presently surprised. 

last night a bottle of beer (after the heatwave). 

howard has been in the states for 18 days (maine/ boston).