21/02/25 18:33

Okay, so I’ve found my ‘thing’ at long last.  5 years down the line and it’s cidre et grenadine. And it works.  Beautifully.  I’ll be needing to look at baggage for options for next week at this rate.  I’m already cutting down on filming equipment.  I’m putting this list of items on ChatGPT so it’s always there.  Which leads into the bullet point plan for next week.

First things first, this and the previous entry have both been written using my fountain pens – I’m hoping to have received another 3 in the post since being away.  I’m also sitting in The Hideout which is where I’ve also been before, like my previous two entries.  Last time (which also the first time) I was here, I fell asleep.  Just a quick nap at the time.

Okay, so the plan for next week’s visit is to be completed on the next page.  But for those of you either reading the blog or listening to the Blogcast, just imagine that you’ve turned the page to get to the list of things I want to do next week.  And maybe a list of what I intend on taking and possibly bringing back.

To Take:

1. Pocket 3
2. Action 5
3. Extendable selfie-stick
4. Clamps for tables
5. Adaptors to fit selfie-sticks
6. Tripod stands
7. Adaptors to fit tripod stands
8. Battery packs
9. Cables
10. DJI Mic Mini
11. Camera batteries

1. Notebook
2. Possibly spare notebook
3. TCL phone
4. Duolingo phone
5. Fountain pen tins
6. Doliprane
7. Diabetic tablets
8. Reading book
9. Neck pillow
10. Bag big enough for both lists

To Bring Back:

1. Grenadine
2. €6 wine
3. New luggage bag
4. Monoprix chocolate
5. Black berets
6. Loads of b-roll footage
7. More b-roll footage
8. Loads of b-roll footage to be used as transitions throughout whichever season it’s going to be for as quite possibly the day trip won’t be a season by, or in itself.  Which won’t be an issue.

The issue is whether to stop at 10 episodes extending the footage into Season 4, extend Season 3 after the gap or try and squeeze Season 3 into as small a gap as possible.