Shopping Again,

at Friendship, the bad news is that it was Friday, the good news was that the police who normally stop everyone on bikes in Pattaya Tai had already stopped five or six people so they were too busy writing tickets to stop us, the problem is that traffic cones and barriers are placed in the road on market days to ensure you go past the check points, (must remember to shop else where on market days, pity Friendship losses out though), but back to the bike park at Friendship, I spotted this colour paint/air brush artwork there, with matching crash helmet to match, we had another game of Monopoly in the afternoon, which by some twist of fate I won, then to the night market at Thepprsit,

and who did I bump into? none other than Blue from the famous Cafe Des Amis, have a look here and here when we called in there for a couple of superb meals,

also here in good spirits is his father for a holiday, a pleasure to meet you both,

a quick walk down the stalls, lots of hand made lights,

opposite the bar this week there was a second hand clothes sale,

in the fish and pet section a natty little table top or small garden deer scarer, these are made to give a 'clunk' every few seconds or minutes where a bamboo tube fills with water and is then supposed to startle wild deer from eating your crops, but smaller and more decorative ones are now made for the aquatic trade,

I had to stop here, I just bought the first of Diana's Christmas presents, all I have to do now is get it home and put it in the safe!

back to the bar and this week say Hi to Dan, we have seen each other many times but never sat next to each other before, like me he is waiting for his better half to finish shopping,

and speaking of other half's her she is, Nat, I must do something about my double chins, I know look up when the next picture is taken!

Diana had by now of course also returned,

on the way back to the bike I had to drag Diana past the electric carts and scooters,

and balloons,

then feet up for a couple of BBC made in 1968 Sherlock Holmes episodes, first A Study in Scarlet, the body of a man is found dead in a deserted run down house, Inspectors Gregson and Lestrade are both on the case, meanwhile in Baker Street, Holmes(Peter Cushing) is baffling Dr Watson(Nigel Stock) with his deductive powers, which includes his claim that he will be called on to the case, followed by The Boscombe Valley Mystery, the much cantankerous and widely despised Bill McCarthy is found bludgeoned to death and his son, with whom he often quarreled, is the prime suspect, I did not guess who did it in either film!

a family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come, Signs is an alien invasion of earth, run, run film with a difference, the family did not run, not the best thing to watch late at night if the fan keeps making the curtains move, there was not any really scary bits in it, but the film certainly held your attention! then off to bed.