080811 - Went Kingswood with Sharon

On Monday my cousin, Sharon, gave me a phone call saying she would be coming over to visit and collect me to go off to the country. She also brought along with her 2 kids in the car, both Domenic and Ryan. The car was red, big, new; I forgot the exact make; but, it was a luxury sort of many seater van...with seats in front/and, seats behind...which had built-in fridge/shopping trolley/tray/-etc.

She explained the reason why she was late was because she had an accident; a guy had parked their shopping trolley on top of a hill; and, it was loaded up with goods; when, all of a sudden, the trolley ran all by itself straight down the hill, and, had come to a stop by striking hard against their car; consequently, the car was left with 3 or 4 dents in it. She said she would have to go and make an insurance claim, even though the car was 'new'.

We went off to Kingswood; and, were going to visit a special park for kids, Wesley(?); but, unfortunately, the time had gotten late; and, Sharon explained that Laura, Ryan's mother, was expecting him to be back soon in around a hour or two. So, the original park visit was cancelled; and, we went to visit a local park in Kingswood, instead; where they stayed inside of the kids play area. The kids had a lot of fun! For me, personally, it was interesting as it brought back precious memories of when I was a kid.

Later on, we went home to Kingswood; where I saw the twins Oliver and Charlotte; though, less than 1 year old, they seem to have grown really very big; and, are drinking loads of milk; I'm sure, they must ingested around 1/2 a pint to a full pint; which I helped to feed them.

I remember Sharon saying she wanted me to be the twins Godfather; but, I really wasn't sure that I would be an acceptable enough role-model. However, Sharon said she sees me as close like a brother; so, it was very difficult to not accept. She said the babies Christening would be 23rd October 2011, at 1 PM.

I stayed there pretty late leaving somewhere around 9:15 PM. Unfortunately, on the Sky TV news program it said that in West Croydon there was rioting including loads of looting/burning. So, both she and her husband Geoff advised me to go take train instead of bus; normally, I would take a a 166 bus from Banstead to take me back to Croydon; and, from there take a 68 bus to West Norwood; however, the 166 bus also goes very near to West Croydon area.

The train cost me £5.50 to punch a single 'all day' ticket from Kingswood to London; paid for using Debit card; so, I didn't actually need to use cash. I had to change at Clapham Junction; and, then, take a next train to West Norwood. My train journey home was uneventful; even though the train did pass through both South Croydon/East Croydon; but, I was already fast asleep on the train when I'd reached those destinations; conseqently, I saw absolutely nothing happening at all.

One other problem I had was, as I was rolling over on the ground, playing with the babies around me. I had a black Praktica 10 MP 1100z digital camera which I kept hidden inside of my trousers pocket. When I took the camera out, unfortunately, the view finder part was broken; thus, the camera no longer works. I'm going to have to buy another one costing around £40.00 from off eBay, again, once more. This is the 2nd Praktica digital camera (silver/1000z) which I broke; the last one broke when I was knocked off my bike in the street by a car.