Songs on Saturday ~ Somewhere On A Beach
it’s got to be five o’clock somewhere
This song by Dierks Bentley says everything about the kind of summer vacation that I can’t enjoy right now. As a matter of fact there are some fabulous beaches near the garret, but it isn’t warm, it isn’t relaxing, and there is certainly a dearth of hot girls in skimpy bikinis.
If it comes right down to it I can’t play the guitar either.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
but I can dream
can’t I?
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Ventura Highway
one of my best things is a long road trip in the sunshine
This song reminds me of very many happier times than I have enjoyed over recent months and years. Ventura Highway from America.
Please listen responsibly.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
a convertible mustang in the Californian desert
Songs on Saturday ~ Soak Up The Sun
it’s the English summer, and we have sun
There aren’t many English bands who have ever had songs about sunshine ~ plenty about fog, rain, winter and misery. Ergo I had to look to some music from the USA to find a decent song about the sun. I like this from Sheryl Crow.
Today I will be enjoying a little of our very own pale English sunshine.
Who needs sunscreen here?
Don’t get burned.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Pacific sunset
Scenes on Sunday ~ Happier Days
long-term isolation creates severe anxiety and depression
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
long road trip though California, Nevada, and Utah
Scenes on Sunday ~ Marmaduke
the young at heart can find a friend in a teddy bear
could be Huntington Beach
Marmaduke, the Thinker
Somewhere in Utah
Kilroy Wos Here
downtown Big Bear
jack collier
jackcoller7@talktalk.net
marmy, the gymnast
Monochrome Monday ~ Beaches
beaches are not just for surfers
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
wet jeans on a beach?
is that a good look?
Scenes on Sunday ~ Churches
the church also exists for those who stand outside it
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
St. Hilda’s Church
12th century and earlier
like most English churches
Covid Travel Uncertainties
a litany of mistakes, fudges, and cock-ups
Ford Edsel, not a big hit either
The British Government has just announced a new list of places they will kindly allow us mere mortals to travel to on vacation. It’s called the Green List and consists of; Anguila, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Balearic Islands, Barbados, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Is, Dominica, Falkland Is, Faroe Is, Gibraltar, Grenada, Iceland, Israel, Maderia, Malta, Monserrat, New Zealand, Pitcairn Is, South Georgia, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Is.
And thank you very much for bugger all. Neither Australia nor New Zealand will admit tourists, half of the list are remote islands in the middle of empty oceans, (Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena) ~ getting flights to these places is difficult verging on impossible, and most of the rest have stringent entry requirements. Maybe I could go to Gibraltar, or perhaps Madeira. BTW, it’s not a good idea to travel to the Caribbean in June, July, August, or September.
This list is about as well thought out as was the Ford Edsel and pleases nobody at all, except maybe Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock, and several times disgraced adulterer Grant Schapps, (Minister for Transport). Travellers are warned that the Green List is subject to change with no notice whatsoever, meaning that wherever you are you may need to get back to the UK pretty damn quickly. What Fun.
Maybe the country is in such a complete mess because government ministers, bureaucrats, and health officials are too busy boffing their assistants, aides, and mistresses to do their job properly. The latest culprit is the ‘fucking useless’ Health Minister Matt Hancock, (married with 3 children), who is having an affair with his ‘advisor’ Gina Coladangelo, (also married with 3 children). Who can blame him when his Prime Minister Boris Johnson is himself a serial adulterer.
I have it on very good authority, from a very close friend, that no sane woman would find either man remotely attractive. Personally, I wouldn’t trust either of them to flip burgers at a truck stop on the I-15.
You couldn’t make it up.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Matt & Gina
not an elegant couple
Marmaduke in Weardale
a teddy bear riding shotgun
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Marmaduke likes pubs that have childrens’ play areas, with swings
Exploring County Durham
it is strange how the places of our past call to us
Weardale, not so many miles from the garret, and yet a world away in memories. I haven’t been up there in decades, and today I’m taking a short road trip to an area of hills, heather, dry stone walls, idyllic streams, and sheep.
These pictures aren’t mine, but I should have some good photographs to show you pretty soon.
The main thing is, a road trip into peace and quiet is good for the soul.
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Except I’ll bet that when I get up there it will be raining
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