please empty your brain below

Now I am waiting for the DG flickr shot of him running around naked...

Great song from one of my top 10 albums of all time.

Off to Walton?

Give me a wave when the train comes through Wivenhoe on the way home.

If you can find a train that is, they haven't been running at weekends for months.

I look forward to the pictures of the beach huts.

WTF?

Forgot to take the medication?

In fact, why not get off the train at Wivenhoe on the way home? Walk along the river on the promenard, get some fish & chips and sit on the waterfront. Plenty of surprises in this part of Essex.

Jeez, DG, no wonder there aint no Mrs. DG - or perhaps I should say Significant-Other-DG as I dont wish to make any assumptions.

SO (rolling over in bed and blinking in the pre-dawn light): "Hey, DG, why you gettin' up, hon? Come back to bed, big fella" (twitches eyebrows in a "come hither" fashion)

DG (lacing up walking boots and checking thermos status) : "Sorry, hon. No can do. I'm off to Walton. There's a blog to be written"

SO: "Awww, DG!"

DG: (shouldering rucksack and marching purposely from the room) "What a man's gotta do, a man's gotta do, Sweetpea"

SO throws pillow at DG's departing, kagoul-clad back

How do you know he didn't take somone with him?

The really long walk along Walton pier is one of the most romantic things you can do. It's just you, your partner and the sea. Nothing else.

Its not just about sex you know. You do other things too in a relationship.

Hope your theatre reviews are more sensitive than your forum posts.

*sheesh*, some people really have NO sense of humour whatsoever, do they?

As to whether he was accompanied, shall we ask the man himself?

DG, did someone come with you on your trip?

Ah, remember the days when Radio Caroline and other "pirate" radio ships during the night would get people parked in their cars along the coast at Frinton to flash their car headlights out to sea from where the DJ's on the ships could see them and knew some peole were listening.

With your alleged "sense of humour" so abrasive, Mr EPBAB, I'd be surprised if you have a Significant Other either.

I really do object to people taking a pop at me through the medium of DG's blog, you know, whether or not you are in tune with my sense of humour.

I'm extremely surprised that DG allows it.

And yes, I'm quite happily partnered, thank you very much. Nine years in August.

I'd like to remind readers that I went to Walton-on-the-Naze yesterday and took some nice photos.

Network Rail, not National Rail.

Did anyone go with you, DG?

Heh.

My grandad - a dyed-in-the-wool cockney - used to take us all for day trips to Frinton when I was a lad.

Once there, he'd work along the beach huts until we found one that was unlocked, which we'd use for the day. If he was feeling generous, he'd leave 50p for "rent".

On the other hand, I know of a young lady who tried topless bathing in Frinton. Near caused a riot.

Used to go to Frinton every year when I was a child and we hired a beach hut. Always used to visit Walton Pier at least once to play with the penny falls and ride the Ghost Train - which in retrospect was a bit rubbish, but quite good when you are 8.

Precisely ten years ago, DG wrote:

"I'm sitting on a grassy slice of England that probably won't be here in ten years' time." See https://tinyurl.com/yyppx6pn

Is it?

NB We've just passed the 25th anniversary of Parklife.
I don't know, because
a) I don't remember precisely which grassy slice I was sitting on.
b) I haven't been back.
Ah, shame. Still, nice day today so worth a day out there for a walk, fresh air and sun.










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