Not Listless - but List Less

I've had a really quiet week, no long list to remind me of what needs doing, no exciting excursions, no visitors, no coffee and cakes out and I couldn't even be bothered to go right into town so called at Tesco for my shopping - my least favourite supermarket but on the right side of town. They are one of the few places to buy a single lemon, so I did, and made a lemon drizzle cake while the bread-machine made me a 50/50 granary loaf.

We had some sunny days - extra hot on Friday - which were very welcome and a bit of gardening got done - dead heading roses, pulling up and cutting back things that have finished, one failed cucumber hauled out of the greenhouse already. Had my first 'summer breakfast' which is just tomatoes on toast and I only have this when I've got my own tomatoes fresh picked from the greenhouse. I slice them and shove in the microwave for a few seconds while the bread is toasting  - works well and a change from marmalade.

 No sport this week, Le Tour didn't get me interested so I ended up watching something I didn't see when it was originally on TV back in 2013 - 2016. Hinterland was a police series of about 20 programmes set in Wales around Aberystwyth and it seemed to be shot mainly in the dark! Either dark at night or inside old dark Welsh cottages, where everyone kept their coats and boots on. It was usually raining and I reckon the series was made to put people off wanting to move there! It was made for S4C - the Welsh language channel and filmed in English and Welsh, with the scenes in English then being reshot in Welsh, while the scenes in Welsh has subtitles  - must have taken an age to film and  it kept me out of mischief for most of the week.

I've also finished watching all 8 in the series of 'The Turkish Detective', which I noticed are based on books by Barbara Nadel. I've read some of her books which are set during WWII but haven't read any of these Inspector Ikmen series. I looked them up on Fantastic Fiction and I reckon they are completely different to the TV series so reading them now would be a bit odd, which is a shame as there are 26 in the series. Might have to give one a try but on the library website the first in the series, from 1999, now has 9 people waiting for it - so I'm not the only person who wants to look at the book after watching the series on TV!

Still on the TV theme I treated myself to a copy of the Radio Times which has a complete 16 day guide to the Olympics - " Every Sport - Every Day - Every Medal". I feel so sorry for people who don't enjoy any sports although I can't understand them! It's on BBC 1 all day, everyday, from 8a.m except for news bulletins. 

That was my List Less week - too much TV. Not good for mental health at all. Must do better.

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