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June Books
Seven books read in June – a record, and all a good read!- Pieces for the Left Hand – J. Robert Lennon [100 very short stories – OK]
- Confessions – Kanae Minato [Recommended Japanese novel about kids, murder and revenge]
- Loss – Tony Black [Enjoyable, violent crime novel set in Edinburgh]
- The Blue Tango – Eoin McNamee [Highly recommended]
- The Blunders of our Governments – Anthony King & Ivor Crewe [Recommended]
- The Story of My Disappearance – Paul Watkins [Recommended]
- The Sins of the Fathers – Lawrence Block [Recommended]
At the beginning of July I started on two new books (from my recent successful visit to Skoob Books) and I struggled hopelessly to get into either of them. Having abandoned them and having no holiday reading, I borrowed a copy of a Lee Child novel, The Affair. That was the right thing to do after two consecutive bad ‘uns, and I whizzed through its 500+ pages in a day and a half. It’s terrific hokum and my 5th Lee Child novel. Fortunately he churns them out even faster than I can read them!
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Scarborough & Filey Brigg (again!)
It thought it would be a perfect day for taking pictures – sunny and cloudy, but I’m not too happy with the end result! I’m using the bog-standard lens that came with the camera. They’re not as sharp as I would like and I’m not too happy with the colours either. I don’t think I’m very good at processing raw image files. Hmm..
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Aberdyfi / Aberdovey, on the Welsh coast
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Llangollen and around
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Eating out on a Monday night shouldn’t be this hard!
Finding somewhere to eat in North Wales’ villages on a Sunday or Monday evening is a bit iffy! Nothing available at the three Llanrhaeadr pubs tonight. We sat down in the only cafe in the village but struggled to find anything we fancied. One of the items we chose was no longer available and eventually we walked out.The Green Inn, a few miles out of the village, was closed on Mondays. The Railway Inn, also a few miles out, didn’t do food on Monday or Tuesday evenings.
We resorted to buying some rolls and cheese slices from the village store and eating them in the Llangynog village car park. The disappointment of the evening was increased when, after eating these delights, we realised the cheese had a ‘Best before’ date of a week ago! When we then called into the adjacent New Inn pub for a drink we found that they actually did do food on a Monday – but sadly we had already eaten!
Eating out on a Monday night shouldn’t be this hard!
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Tea in a railway carriage & on to our new home
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Heather creatures
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Bee
Not quite sharp but the best I could do with the tools I have.
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Southampton
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Sunny London
I know, I know, these are heavily processed pictures. Artistic license! Click images for enlargements.
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