On the day:
02/12/2012
On the way:
So he caught the bus - by the look of him it would seem on some rural road in the first half of last century - and he's placidly seated at the back.
Under his houndstooth flat cap - reddish brown and dark brown checks on a tan base - his close cropped white hair can be seen above and behind proud ears. His mild gaze is heavy-lidded with the weight of pastoral contentment and his head melts into a sturdy stem contained by the collar of his houndstooth jacket - chocolate brown and grey-blue on tan.
And over his houndstooth-print shirt - simple blue-grey (it is different, okay?) - a cream cardie, presumably knitted with wool from the sheep on his farm, which he left what seems like a lifetime ago to catch the omnibus into town, hoping to purchase a new butter churn for his wife for Christmas.
Maybe it was a lifetime ago (the buses today, tsk), or maybe Southeastern Rail has finally got the long-awaited temporal warp service up and running at Chelsfield.
Either way, he's in for a shock when he gets off Lewisham market.
On the pod:
Equality (live) - Howard Jones
On the front page:
Brawl on M1 as two die in 140mph 'race' (London Evening Standard)
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