Tavistock Goose Fair 2022: Is Back in the Day

Well,  its the big moment now and things are going to get a risk and also nice to finally see something new out for this, well there were a FAIR bit of technical hitches for the most part and well the vlog is below of what I managed to capture in. But with over a fair amount of time. So we now start the big day, even 2 weeks later for the vlog to be uploaded. 

The Morning: 

Getting into Tavi 

So, it was walking up after sleeping at 4am and then getting up around the 7am - 8am mark which Dad was insisting  to drop me off to a degree since of his regular customer where um normal drops me off to Tavi, since I should have e gotten the bus but it was easier for him to do this. But by about 8:30 I was up and ready to go with filming equipment and laptop in rucksack for this moment of the big filming, glasses were mostly full on battery wise and the weather was looking good for a change. 

The start of the drive to Tavi in the day. 

But then it got to the queues as we got to spar, so Dad dropped me off and of all things I remember i had a thing to drop off to a customer and that meant it was going to be dropped off and ended up going to sort a passport renewal out of all things. But that then finished about the 9:30am mark to rush to the shop to unload and prepare the filming with the Phone and glasses charged up. 

The shop to sort out: 

But then it was setting things up like making sure the SD card was empty. It was not so i had to wipe the card but the Realtek Card reader in the Clevo laptop was not up to scratch so had to reinstall the driver. But then it was 10:20 and time to start filming and explore the fair. 

But i got in the shop and was time to clear some bits out to make some room, stock and some parts off the table and the laptop unbagged to make this shit start to actually work out. I changed the wallet to make sure NFC was blocked which a wallet from a Christmas present was actually.   I started to film and well you know, it was just for the smaller  things really. 

But it was time to film. 

The 

The First Attempt. 

So if im remembering, it was time to go out and get this done. So we begin to explore from passing airband to even passing stores with plaques on and well it it was not as far reaching stalls as it could have been but a nice amount was to be shown off. But exploring stalls from Headsets to the derp memes of sonic and knuckles and then it was passing other food before was supposed to be going up the hill to the cattle market. Turns out i was recording myself walking up there and didn't even know if it got any footage from what i did before. 

REWIND

I ran back down to the shop and checked the clips out and it did miss some of them when filming. So my anger means we formatted the card and started again. So it was to repeat the beginning of the vlog to see how things go and end up becoming a bit more organised with it. 

Time to explore: 

Passing the stalls and making our way up to the cattle market, with seeing non derped plushies of sonic and the plaques as well as the times of the other stalls on thaty side road before the walk to the cattle market. But eventually walking up there was going to lead me there by 11am. 

The Cattle market: 

I got there and it pretty much turned out to be quite interesting with some of the stalls, from the local bread stall to even milk bottoms that look like the rainbow on that side of things hence  that quote from the clip of that trader to match my shirt of the each colour to match my sdhirt. But itr had its famuilalr ring to see the area with some of the same style stalls returning back from 2019./ 

The View as looking in 

But as we passed, it was to enter the parts to see ponies and calf's enjoying some hey and the usual habits for that is seen on most occasions. But they seemed to be content.

The calfs

So it then leads to exiting that and getting to the closer part of the actual barn, but we passed more socks, a farm shop i've cycled to a few times and seeing the coffee cake that was there. Plus they did even ankle fishing boots too. But passing that by and even some charity stalls to the return of the beagles. . 

The beagles being sleepy 

But then it leads to the aspects of entering the barn to see what is in there, birds this year will not be there due to the aviation flu that is going around ,so it means it can be no birds shown. So it was a mix of goats and lambs to be in the semi warm. But it was showing some of the farms they were coming from too. 

The lambs

Bless them

AS i explored and see, it was time to venture out and a big stall of juice from Tavi College, so it means to down a free sample and maybe considering support to the school that had not got a bad ofsted rating and the PE teacher is now the principal. But bless the kid for having high hopes for trying to get me to buy a bottle of fresh pressed apple juice for £4. But that was my cue to the exit and time to head to the square. 

A view of the yard 

So with the guess of getting up that hill then it means to sort out the time of well the exploring of the roads and the stalls, I had to go with the flow on this one to fine out if the footage was going to work or not. 

The Road and Square. 

We carry on and walk our way to the square which some nice extra side of the stalls and it was finding what could be there, some things always will be the same such as the food stalls and the jumpers and hoodies. But we start to see the caoursel on the car park and a fun house. 

The fun house and caurosel

More of the prize stalls 

But it ends up time to finally walk up that road of mile to see how it goes and what to explore. So as i walked up, passing some of the tat, the animal hoodies, rick and morty wallets and also bucket hats was a seasonal aspect from the sound of it. But it was also the end of seeing the auction truck of Phil Saunders too. But as we approached the amusements it was time to play some monopoly slots which was gamble £1, win a £1 so it was not really a profit, since i broke even. 

The View of the road to take

The Amusements 

Then it was time to continue walking up, since there were some more ideas of crafts, some food ideas and the same as further down like the Plushies of game characters, Bucket hats but there was even was a chance of seeing Anon masks which was a new one, even if it was chromed up, choom. 

The views as we keep walking

We end up carrying on and it was soon to look near the twister, and since i was not sure on the glasses, it weas not the time to end up checking that, so I looked at the little mini hardware stall, making that mental note for what to get later on. Then it was time to turn left. 

The Sizzler

The Fairground, 

So i got there and it was not fully packed but it was loud and the usual vibe and smells of the engines and donuts. But there was a nice sign of most going on and just enjoy the pics since it was a quick few minutes of exploring before our journey continues. 

The Aspect of the fair as i walked in 

The Walzter 

A Peek at eXtreme

Superstar 

The Thriller Express Matterhorn 

So it was then time to head back to the road and continue the journey. 

Time To head up the road: 

So we turn left by the bus station and walk our way back up to the roundabout, so it was first seeing the stalls and the slushie stand, the candy stalls were having strobe light. Then it was chatting to a guy about fudge and he was clearing slowly but surely his bags of fudge. But Yorkshire pudding wraps are a trend of pengness these days too. 

The Yorkshire pudding wraps on the left 

But it was then passing another stall of tech and goods and even some usb cables to earphones and even gaming controllers was a nice touch, later we see the xbox series elite controllers for, begores that w3as nice to see and a good value too. But it was open box so a risk on itself. But then it was time to head towards the food court which is known as the food and drinks zone. 

The food and drinks zone

Now this was more spaced out for the most part which, gave me the indication of a bit less stalls but some interesting ones like the rattlers and also a Mexican food stand but the cost  of living has made chips rocket to like £4 for a special skin on style with the extras dipping on top for a price like woah. But then we walked on and it was some more food stalls and a bit of others. But it was then time to get to the end which was very near. But it eas also cute earrings to see how it looks too. 

The ear-rings and festive jewellery. 

But then it was time to make our way back. 

The purchases on thew way back: 

So it was time to head back and get things on the way, which it was nearing the midday to 1pm vibe and usually this time, it would be the times to get the food and go home, now this wont happen so it means to go back to the shop. But we first go back to the stall with the tools and parts and spend £5 on batteries, cables ties, tweezer and that's about it. 

The £5 on scissors, Batteries, Cables ties and even tweezer 

Then we head back to the square, it was getting to pass the stardust and another £1 spent but lost this time on a deal or no deal slot machine. But then it headed off to get some shortbread which is a tradition to then send of to suppliers as a thank you, 

The Shortbread of £4 for £10

But then it was time to go to the square   to explore options of what food to go for which was the case in point. Normally its a donut burger but i didn't fancy doughnuts since the taste has been off for me recently. So explore pics pics of the square while i was deciding what to use for lunch. That and chatting to people at airband and advising me not to change from Smarty since pricing wise as about the same as them. 

The stalls and the town hall 

A look towards the fair and the sizzer next door 

A sign of the square but also with the cage in the motion 

a look at the carousel

Time for lunch 

Now we start to really make the choice of going for something, in this case it was going to be a bacon waffle burger. So the trick was to find waffles, and we had to venture further up towards the Bedford. But then that was the start of it and it was £4 each waffle. Total was £8  

Then it was to go back to the square and get a bacon burger, this was £4.50 BUT it ended up being the case of they got the order mixed up and gave me a bacon cheeseburger instead. So having to wait a bit longer to get a normal bacon burger is the wait.  But then that was delivered and the making of it appears here. 

@omracer a #howto #make a #bacon #waffle #burger or #waffleburger or #baconburgerwaffle ♬ original sound - Mattie LT Marker

So it was then back to the shop and the time to get the laptop setup for editing, it was ending up around the 2pm at this point mark, especially as the timings to get this done was insane and turning out i was going to take MUCH longer than i expected it to handle. This laptop was going to be put through its paces, but you will find out how much so. 

The Bacon Waffle burger 

Editing was going to be for the next 6 hours on that day.

The bereal 

So that ends that and we catch up soon for the evening. 

omracer

 

A day in the new life

This one was a fun day, I've wanted to try to get a day in the life done and now I get to start it. This was somewhat how my past 2 weeks have been with more time to myself than usual. The vlog is below,

The Fresh Morning

Let's be honest, this was actually starting after getting to sleep at 3am, but Westworld is a unique show and was enticing as I built a PC.

Intel Pentium G4400
Asus h110m-k
Kingston 2133mhz 4GB DDR4
palit 120gb ssd
500w PSU
CiT Templar Case
windows 10
Office home and student 2016

Westworld and PC Building at 2am

Waking up 

But I got up and Rosie was happy to see me, not, so I went to feed the fish, Glass was dead on battery so I had to charge it. Then it was a getting change bit, sure, it was a bit of a rush but that was just to get out #dogwalkingwithomracer. But a raspberry and pineapple smoothie could NOT go amiss.

The selfie after getting changed

Then it was time to walk that dog, so she was eager as always, we walked and we were close to going to the other field but we decided to go to the normal one, our lovely friend Tonka was already sniffing around, but then it was the ball that rosie was wanting. So we played ball for about 15 minutes, with Tonka wandering and peeing.

the field as usual

Tonka and Rosie

Eventually it was 8am and I was walking back home, I saw a neighbour on the way and walked up the road with him, Rosie did now that one BIT. Show she decided to bite my foot and that meant it was time to get her tile Ringing, yes i have now put tile on her since she ran off when walking her in the field late one night. that sound does help her response to me quite nicely. Then it was time to get home and feed her, with unlocking the door, ending the walk and waiting for glass to charge back up to do more FPS view, but nah. So it was time to feed the dog, this was heaving up a bag of her food. Once that was done, time to clean up and finished getting changed before getting the PC and my rucksack ready to run down to work with.

The new shoes i bought for £4.00

Running down was not too bad, the box is still a bulky product so its a way to pick it up without damaging the box. But after 12 minutes, I finally got there which my hands were a little bit tired as you go.

The trading day

So I got in, since my spot was different, I had to re-cover the 2 tables and that was a bit of a fun with someone else helping me last minutes, the neighbours were pretty friendly, since one of them i chat to a bit with helping him out back in the old job. But before that was to catch up with my friend and that went well to see what was going on. Then I unpacked and it was a nice way to start the day.

The stall

Then it was a case of typing this up, getting some phone calls done and also redesigning a logo since a few customers mentioned it to me, this was with a project i'm not telling about (not gaming related), wanted to have my logo for advertisements for a collab we are doing. That ended up quite nice and more to the point of what I thought it out to be. The customer picked up the PC and paid which was nice too.


Then it is time to wait and more chatting with customers, it was heading into the afternoon and 3 hours left, things were queit, until about 3ish and another bit of worked booked and my grndad popped in to say hi and help him out with Youtube on the phone and also to tell me a delivery has arrived. Thats going to be so fun to get booked in, might not feature that but its still exciting.

But it eventually was getting to 4pm which is the last 30 minutes until I get to packup, thi will be fun...

The pack up and evening visit

So, its 4:30, a friend visits and we catch up, which then in turn, I pack everything up and head off to the home visit, I was meant to do. Standing on chairs to reach the plug is scary af for some reason, but thats my genetics from my dad's fear of heights i'm guessing.

It took 2 hours due to things going down at the wrong moment but then it was time to head off home, Running and getting breathless up the hills, which the route I had had 2 steep ones at the beginning. But eventually I got home by 6:55 and Rosie sort of greeted me, along with 2 big boxes on the kitchen table. This was interesting, since i ordered this yesterday. But alas, it was time to actually catch up with the internet while taking a dump, then it was time to walk Rosie again for her evening walk.

The 2 boxes that came home

The Chours to get done

So, we finally get to Walk rosie again, with her ready on the lead, She walked and we played some more ball, the weather was good too.

Reqady to walk Rosie Again, 

This time, the field was quiet and the weather was picking up nicely, but it was soon nearing the dusk and just as we walked home, we were greeted by a dog nearby and he said hello to me and rosie was playful yet vocal. Then it was time to relax and cook food after feeding her again. But then it was time to weigh myself since I do this every few days, which its interesting where one weight was 188.4 then after another weigh in, it was 186.4. Then I got into my dressing gown...

The weigh in

The Dressing gown selfie

After, I decided to cook a Quorn chickpea curry with some extras like noodles and sauces. It actually turned out really nice. Also I decided to carry on with the last 2 episodes of westworld before readying myself to get the vlog up, which took me on and off the entire day.

Preparing the curry

The curry with extras

And that was it, now we have got one video left to film before I really Cain the last 2 parts of Crash and then its soon to be GOOSE FAIR. 

omracer

The Final day of my first Job

Well, its August 5th, with the final day for me at my first job, it was the end of a long and intresting to say the least job. All jobs have ups and downs and lessons and skills have been learned and decided, reputation has been brought up like a child and well theres a nice end to what happened today.

A final saturday morning (for a while)

As i woke up, after a day of not eating (its a way of a detox), i wondered to myself what would happen today, with my final day, the weather was mixed and also with chatting to Tash on feabie, which has been amazing and maybe its that time with romance maybe happening, shes feeling better anyway. But then i got up and got ready, putting my old work shirt in my rucksack. Then was off at 8:50. I ran the usual route, up ford street and down to west street and the sunrise was a slight reminder of a morning cloudy reminder in Rage Racer, it felt odd. 

Running to Work this morning

I got in, chatted to friends and reflected on things. A customer called and popped into see me, then another friend popped in and given me doughnuts and she was sad I was leaving when i told her. But then it was time to get cleaning, getting boxes out and then a customer bought a laptop after talking to him with a problem of replacing motherboards on his old one, which then it was that and getting to get some balloons hired up, this was for the summerfestival. 

The selfie in the work shirt for the last time

Then time went on and a old freind came in and we all started chatting, then a customer popped in which i served, shortly after, my boss came in and chatted and gave me a nice leaving card which was nice from all of the owners, it was nice. Then talked to a few other people, that was then before my mum popped in to ask if there were any boxes to take which there was only some rubbish to the dump, so she said she would pick me up.

Eventually my friend left a card which was lovely and said if I wanted any help, I could get in touch with him, that was nice of him, its just been under 2 years of us 2 next to each other. then it was to get things cleaned up and the usual end of the day routine, with one final difference which to write notes on what my colleague would have to do. it was ending up 2 pages long, which then afterwards, was putting things back before my parents popped in and we got the boxes out, that was fine. 

packign up for the last time

Soon, it was then time to decide what to do, so we went to the Ganges to order and indian and when we ordered, a £23 something cost, it was to the Queens Head for a Pint, I went for the glass of water which was so nice for a change.

The water at a whetherspoons

Then we talked and us three said cheers for the new life I might be leading. Then we picked up the Indian and I chatted to a customer and passed him details, which then it lead to getting home and then the noming after a quick film to setup, it was amazingly tasty. 

The indian for that night, it was lush

Then it was another card to open and nan to call about the day, then it was to relax and get this up before a tidy up of the contents in the car. Then it wass to relax before another time for the crash video to be edited up, Since also a replacement Glass i neded up buying for almost half price compared to when I bought it in 2014, its the tangerine version, but that will be ready for the fireworks next week. 

That was most of my day and now it means Meeko Networks is now ready to be real, Sites will be built eventually and this will be made and it seems like a busy "week off" for me next week, I will try to get a video up before that fireworks. 

omracer

A Plymouth Shopping Thinkabout

It was a nippy morning and It was finally time to go to Plymouth on the first day of the final month of this year. So a Christmas jumper and expecting to think on present ideas, it was time to. watch the vlog.

Time to get going

I woke up at 9:30 and after email checking, i was getting prepares, phone on charge and ready. the grass was white and the bike was ready

A selfie before i head off is a good way though

The bike as per usual

By 10:35 i was leaving in the clear sky and nippy weather, my legs felt it, my back was warm and that journey, was not as easy in near Baltic chills, a stink bomb was let off by lidls which killed my nose for 20 minutes, not too unbearable but ugh that smell was vile.

The fog and the white grass

The pitch was looking white

The moors was as well 

The crownhill to pass up

The bike Arrived

A Time to think on what to buy

Eventually in 1:48 i was in town and a toilet break before exploring was the way, first was that new shoe shop (FootAsylum) which had a Victorian feel yet modern feel too but the prices of that was overpriced, to the apple store it was. I saw a customer I teach buying and iPad. we chatted and he might be wanting a lesson later on pr next year.

The views in Drake's Circus

 Then i walked out to game and saw deals-ish, passing tat i visited the place Nicole works (turns put shes dating a feeder now too) but i browsed, her mate said hi like neither knew who i was, maybe a way to put it. Then i walked into game which i told someone where to get PS Vita memory cards from. Then it was checking out the Christmas Market opposite, there was some good deals there and traditional items for sale. crepes, pasties you know.

The christmas Market and its reindeer ligjhts

The market 

That famous Snowglobe

The reindeers in full form

The owl

Then it was exploring town as per usual, techie deals and deals for Christ are starting to pick up,. Poundland was full of Christmas deals from food to tableware and much more. The deals on shortbread, trees,,chocolate was pretty intense, my feeder side almost knew what to but but i didn't give chance to get the stuff. I looked online and aloe vera and j20 was in stock so i knew it would have a online order later on when i got home.

Then i walked down to near the market, with odd smells of weed here and there. the main market, which had the birdcage effect that my landlord might have contractors do the same for work if need.
but it was business as usual with thai food being whiffed around and tempting me but i resisted.
There wasn't much deals, sure there was the possibility of consoles but i saw one advertise but it was a psn banned console but that took £50 of the price at £119.95. Then it was computerbase asking for hdds and £35 for a clean-pull 1TB but the supplier i bought a Dead on arrival 2tb was going for £10 less ex vat.More walking ensured but it was nearly 3pm which i decided to make the buying.

The Ferris Wheel in Christmas form

So Poundland was my first place and i noticed that shortbread collection for 3 quid, took one, then saw two boxes of chocolates at a 2 for a £5, took those too, ooh tinsel at 5m, added and finally some burger sauce which is lovely from hellmans and that was it. Paying was smooth as anything on a self checkout which was packed and queues on normal checkouts as well

The Shortbread for £3

The things i bought in the bag 

Then it was time to get the ram, which was £3.95 for 2gb, which for that budget n3050 is ideal for really. So that was added and paid for, which meany it was time to almost go home.

The 2GB of DDR3 and the change

As I  walked up, I decided to go back into drakes circus for a quick wander, with one more look into the jewellers i was in earlier, i didn't see Nicole this time too, but theres no gift for her this Christmas due to the hookup now anyway.

The big santa is at it again

I went into hmv and saw some deals but not really the best idea since mum says tv season DVDs aren't worth it to rewatch these days, okay GoT is an exception. I then walked opposite and into boots, not many things i'm into really, but i think i saw stacey who i used to flirt with but blocked me years back, with a red top, red pencil skirt but hardly my dream size. i then passed on and got the bike up and cycled home which I had to pass darkness, traffic, wind. chills.

The Lights in Drake Circus

The Town before leaving

The google fit stats on that day

Cycling up the hill

The views were clear, the road was heaving

Getting onto the clearbrook road

The darkenss has really set in

Getting back into Tavi

The Tesco Shop 

Now we come to the final part, I shop in Tesco for the things i might need, now one of those things was a Santa outfit for when I get the actual christmas shopping done, as a laugh like i did 2 years ago. Last year i left it to the last minute and didn't get the outfit :/. But I noticed it was there this year so now I was close by, it was time to make the effort, and buy reduced stuff along the way. 

The first part was doughnuts, since my mum brings some back on a shopping trip so I should do the same, also its half price which means better deals. So i picked up a few packets (2 of the sugared jam, 1 of the festive mini ones) and also muffins to top if off. Then it was fruit, since smoothies are a nice kick back for me and keep some energy going without the use of coffee (only extreme cases or nights out I use that) so I bought 3 tubs, 2 of them were £1.42 each and another was £0.80. Then it was a bottle of shloer for £0.99. And that was a massive £16.66 shop but I had £1.50 coupon off which saved at least 2 items off the total. so £15.16 was the total. 

The reduced deals for £16.66 without the £1.50 off coupon. 

Then it was that foggy cycle up the hill and since my phone died at this point, i couldn't track how long that actually had taken. But I was home by 6:30 and then it was a relaxing time to order the stuff online and get the vlog up which was until 00:30ish. 

And that marks the first of 2 shopping trips, I might try to get a blogpost in before that time and then the end of the year is to be starting now as well, I know i procrastinate over that but I also want to stream some games during this festive period and i have the end of year music video to make as well, exciting stuff. 

omracer