Nope and the day before

Since I have been at work, sadly, I have not seen my children as often as I would like which is a change from the two weeks with them. I saw them more today when I was working from home, but was not able to interact with them as much.

My daughter has been stressed as it is results day tomorrow.

So, I arranged for some fun after work with us watching a film.  My son and daughter watched Bullet Train, which I had no desire to watch, while my daughter and I watched Nope.  I regret that decision. 

Nope started off quite well, and then became much too slow.  This did improve when it became a horror film in the middle of it, but then it changed to science fiction and ended up a below average film.  It did have interesting characters though.  While there are loose ends in why certain parts of the film were in, notably Gordy's Home, I think that a good horror film should have treads to the plot that are red herrings.  What was interesting was comparing the communication attempts of Gordy and also of the alien.  

I am glad I watched it in the big screen as with some of the scenes being filmed in the dark, this would have had to be watched at home at night to experience.  But I doubt that I am going to watch this again, or even recommend that others watch it in the cinema.

On the plus side, it may have distracted my daughter from her results tomorrow for at least a short period of time. 

Michael Gove backs Rishi Sunak and accuses Liz Truss of being on 'holiday from reality'

 

Sorry to sound cynical about this (again), but as mentioned before, Michael Gove has a history of being linked to racism. The contents of his bookcase came under scrutiny in the past when his wife posted (a now deleted) tweet showing the contents. While the books concerned may have belonged to his wife, and people have every right to read what they want, having books that promote racism, visible to others, is not an advisable move for a politician. When younger, I bought a copy of the Satanic Bible. I do not have it now as I considered it to be literally evil. There was only so much of it that I could read before I threw it away.

His support of Kemi Badenoch may have been genuine, and his support of Rishi Sunak may be also, but I still an cynical that he is trying to throw off the links that he may have to racism. I am unsure why this may be the case, unless he is planning ahead for a future once Liz Truss, (or Sunak) is removed from office, so that he can try to be leader of the Conservatives again. Or be a Queen/King maker/killer. 

Sewage and The Sword of Truth

Our MP has retweeted posts stating an interesting view on sewage. Our beaches have been affected by sewage since the rains last week. Fortunately for us, this was an issue AFTER our trip to Woolacombe, but with the holiday season in full force, for some strange reason, people do not want to be swimming amongst turds. 

If my MP, Will Quince, thinks that The Guardian is wrong for saying that the Conservatives did not impose a legal duty on water companies to stop releasing raw sewage into waterways, he should use The Sword Of Truth to get them to change the article. I use the term Sword of Truth as it was used in the past when The Guardian faced claims that it had made up a news story. 

One tweet details the reasons that the Conservatives voted to allow sewage to pollute our rivers and beaches. But they did vote to allow this to happen.

Either the guardian is wrong or it is right. If it is wrong, those MP’s who have been wronged should stop it spreading lies. Or it could be telling the truth.

Back at home

We are back at home now. We left early yesterday and I had to play about trying to pack the car as we had more things coming home than we had leaving it.  We swapped round and took two breaks on the way home rather than the usual one, but this was so my wife could stretch her knee.

I got a message from my youngest brother that my Mum has redecorated his room now that he has left home and has put a doll in it that she had bought to give to my daughter. We declined this. I am convinced that it is waiting for a soul to sleep in the room with it…

For today, my son spent some time with some friends and I have ironed for work, but had enjoyed our past day of rest before I am back at work tomorrow.

Bournemouth vs Arsenal

 What a match! We are top of the league and deserve it. Yes, our defence has not been tested properly and we have to face a top six side, but you can only play who you have against you. Being top of the table is much better than being on the bottom like we were at this stage last season.

Day 13 & the Valley of Rocks

Today involved my daughter and I going for a long walk this morning while my son looked after my wife.

We retro The Valley of Rocks once more, but whereas our previous walk this year was a short one, this was much longer. My daughter and I took Leia over the hill and down to the coast on the other side before taking a train back up and then almost doing the walk from two years ago in reverse.

After this, it was lunch in a new location, The Muddiford Inn. The food was great, though the service could have been better. It was a late lunch which meant that we cancelled our booked trip to the Black Venus, but we will be returning here tomorrow evening for our last meal in Devon.

Day 12 in Devon

First of all, yesterday. The kids went with my wife to Paint a Pot and I took the dog for a walk at Fremington Quay. We will be collecting the finished products later this week. We had been to Paint a Pot before, again on a rainy day, but when Leia and I went for our walk, things were dryer. Afterwards, it was a meal at The Bell again, though this time I had a starter and a pudding as I did not think that I would finish a main course.

After all this my wife and I later went to visit a friend, Adam, who has moved to Appledore following the breakup of his marriage.  While we had seen him earlier this holiday, doing so without children present allowed for a more honest conversation.  I feel guilty that I have not been in touch more and I am to rectify that going forwards.

Today, we went shopping in Barnstaple, the knee of my wife holding up. Afterwards it was a return to the Pyne Arms for another amazing meal. I chose badly for my main, which would suit most, but not me. Other than that, it was excellent food (again).  I did not take Leia for an evening walk, but instead played throw the ball with her. My son had taken part for a bit, but my daughter did the most out of all of us.

Hoped the knee issues will be improving along with the weather as it has rained in the last few days.