The Final quarter of 2026

  I am not likely to forget my 70th birthday

Scarface

Happy Birthday

The final quarter of 2026 started badly for me. I was aching, and not feeling well on my return from a shopping trip to Asda in Whitchurch, Bristol, when I tripped on an uneven pavement.

The fall left me covered in blood from a broken nose, and a deep dasg over my left eye.

My left knee is still sore, two weeks after the fall, so much I am housebound.

My friendship with a lady in Didcot, Oxfordshire, is going well, and I hope to meet her next year.

I will be glad to see the back of Pamela Olsted, and her sister who involved me in a scam from November 2025, until I ended it in June 2026. I can start rebuilding my finances

I have trouble using my Mobile Phone

 I cannot use my laptop

Silver Trauma

                                                   A Senior Citizen's day out

I am suffering more issues after my accident trying to get my money back from a scammer. My left wrist, though not broken further, I had an old break, has become so painful, even the weight of a mobile phone is too much to hold for more than a few minutes.

The scam began 8 months ago, when a person "claiming" to live in my area of Bristol said she wanted to meet me, that was in November, by June I was still waiting, so I ended the business. Two months later, another person "claiming" to be her sister said she was in hospital, and hadn't eaten since I broke off texting. She then asked for £20, so she could send me the £3,000 I had sent her "sister," at this point, I smelled a rat, but went along in case the money came. After a month, with no money, but constant requests for money, now £30, I ended that proposition too. I never expected my money back, especially when she said she could pay me £15,000.

My accident was the result of tiredness from constantly walking 2 miles each way to Asda, to get her an Apple pay card

It could be concussion

 Silver Trauma

I have moved on

Broken nose

This morning, I have a heavy headache, it could either be concussion, or the pain massing from my broken nose from the accident I had last Friday on my return from Whitchurch, Bristol, where I  used to do my shopping.

In future I will do my shopping at Asda in Bedminster, this will enable me to have lunch in the Latino Street Bites cafe, in Redcliffe.

The irony is my friend, Svitlana, who lives in Didcot, Oxfordshire, says she like the new look.

I was not in favour of cosmetic surgery, but I am told it will help my breathing, which has been restricted since I broke it, slightly, in 1968

The Shockwave

 Broken nose

Issues of Trust

A Senior Citizen's day out

Since Saturday morning, when I returned from hospital, I wondered when the effects of shock would hit me, they did this afternoon. I was watching a documentary on Joanna Moore on YouTube, and the next thing I knew, I woke at the end of a documentary on Jimmy Hoffa. The gap between the two events was an hour.

A person "claiming" to be the sister of scammer Pamela Olsted, asked me to trust her, and send her money, so she can repay the loan I sent PO.

From the first request, I thought it could be a scam, I have no doubt now. 

The sequence of events. 

She said she was willing to send me £15,000 to pay off the the money I am owed - why would she be willing to pay FIVE times the ammount?

After several days, I talked her down to the £3,000 I want.

She sent me a request for £20, so she could send the money, as the order was 90% clear, I did this, I thought I could take the risk for a while in the hope of getting my money. I didn't think I would, but I tried.

Two days later, she asked for another £20, saying the order had dropped to 65%, this process was repeated twice, before I said I wasn't willing to send more.

Last week, on my way back from Asda in Whitchurch, I was so tired from walking out twice a week since November, knowing I wouldn't see any money. I tripped and ended up in hospital overnight. 

After hearing about this, she "feigned" concern, then upped her request to £35.00. 

She keeps asking, but I have had enough, and refuse to send more.

She says I have to trust her, and she will send the money, I don't trust her any further than I can throw a house

I need a treat

  KFC treat

Today is fry day

We Missed you

On Friday, I planned to do some shopping in Redclffe, Bristol, then have lunch at my friend's cafe - Latino Street Bites - in Redcliffe. This didn't happen, I decided to go to Asda in Whitchurch to see if I could get a person who "claimed" to be the sister of a person who trapped me in a scam, would send the money back, not that I expected her to. Now, I don't know when I shall return to Bedminster, and my friend's cafe.

On my way back, tired, and aching, I slipped on the pavement, and ended up in Southmead Hospital having stitches. After a weekend of having my daugter drive me from Hartcliffe to Southmead, I decided I needed a treat, so this afternoon, I treated one of my other daugters to a KFC meal for two, as I thought I deserved a treat

Broken nose

 Cosmetic Surgery 

The last of us

This weekend things came to a head for me, since November, I had been helping a lady who said she was my "friend." It turned out she was running a scam using me.

In June, after never meeting her, I cut my contact with her. A month later, a person "claiming" to be her sister said she would repay the £3,000 I am owed. From the start, I consdiered it another scam, but with so much at stake, I decided it was worth a risk.

Over the months, I walked to Hartcliffe, Bristol, to Whitchurch in all weathers to get an Apple card that worked, as they "claimed" cards from other stores were faulty.

Last week, I told the person acting as sister I needed a rest as I was worn out, but she pressed me.

On Friday, I was so tired, and aching I tripped and ended up covered in blood, from a fall on my return from Asda, Whitchurch. The outcome of the fall is I spent the night in Southmead Hospital. After feigning concerns over the injuries she caused, she added insult to injury by increasing the ammount she is asking for rose from £20 to £30. I laid the law down, from here, if I don't get my money, I am not concerned. I wish to end my contact with the two people.

During my fall, I broke my nose, and lost my favourite replica shirt as it got covered in blood. The hospital is talking about giving me a restructed nose, the choice is mine, to me, a reformed nose is not important as my nose has been broken for over 50 years

The KFC Incident

 A Fast Food Franchise on Tropico

Asda

Eat or heat

An amusing thing happened at our local Asda last week. They sold Walker's KFC crisps. In itself, that is not unusal, what followed was, in my opinion.

They had two boxes of Walker's original chicken flavour, and two of the Zinger flavour. When I reurned on the Friday, the original flavour boxes were empty, while the Zinger boxes were half-full. I can understand why, while the original is delicious, the Zinger tastes as if it could take the enamel off your teeth

A Senior Citizen's day out

 Latino Street Bites

Alan Place - Senior Citizen

Silver Trauma

After my accident in September, I won't be shopping in Asda, Whitchurch, I will be shopping in Bedmister. I had decided before the accident to change, this enables me to have a meal at my friend's cafe, Latino Street Bites in Redcliffe, Bristol.

At the end of November, it will be a year since I found about the cafe, this was only months after Michelle, my friend, took out the lease on the site, after running a market stal for several years.

My plan for next week

 Asda

Latino Street Bites

Flavours of Chile

After, hopefully getting a loan refund on Tuesday, which will be the end of a scam I felll for, last November. I can rebuild my life with less stress, however the physical toll of walking to Whitchurch, rather than getting a bus to Bedminster will linger. I had to walk to Whitchurch as the Asda in Bedminster doesn't always have the Apple gift cards.

One thing I am looking forward to is having lunch twice a week in my friend's cafe, in the undercroft of St. Mary's Church in Redcliffe. I was such a regular, when I didn't turn up for weeks, I was missed.

The great relief, other than not having to keep walking to Whitchurch for an Apple card, is if I get the money back, I can chat to my friend, Svitlana for longer periods

The wait is off

 The weight is off

Family Assistance

The Ongoing Scam

If there is a plus to the ongoing scam, it is the exercise has resulted in me losing weight.

I never expected the sister of the scammer, Pamela Olsted, to keep her promise to refund the loan I sent her sister. Yesterday, returning from Asda, Whitchurch, Bristol, I decided if she asked for another £20 to send the loan, I would tell her to forget it. With help from my family, I am managing to recover from my losses, the money I won't be sending will help me get out of my overdraft

The weight is off

 The wait is off

Family Assistance

Getting over Pamela Olsted

If there is a plus to the ongoing scam, it is the exercise has resulted in me losing weight.

I never expected the sister of the scammer, Pamela Olsted, to keep her promise to refund the loan I sent her sister. Yesterday, returning from Asda, Whitchurch, Bristol, I decided if she asked for another £20 to send the loan, I would tell her to forget it. With help from my family, I am managing to recover from my losses, the money I won't be sending will help me get out of my overdraft

Apple pay card

 Apple Gift Card

Latino Street Bites

Asda in Bedminster

Once I have refunded the money taken in a scam, I will probably get my Apple Gift Cards online. It is as quick online, as it is if I go to the shops, but less taxing on my damaged Achilles tendon.

I won't stop going to Bedminster, Bristol, I usually visit my friend's cafe twice a week for lunch

The Physical toll

 Walking back to Happiness

Asda

Walking back to Happiness

The physical toll of the ongoing scam is shown above.

I have two choices, walk to Asda, in Whitchurch, or catch the bus to Bedminster.

If I go to Whitchurch, as the bus is an hourly service, I usually walk both ways, the issue here is being disabled this walk takes a heavy toll on my injured left achilles tendon. Also, I have a broken toe on my right foot, which gets painful if I walk too much.

At the moment, I can't afford the bus fare to Bedminster, so another day passes with no sign of the refund

Blowing in the wind

 Take it easy

                                                       Summer Breeze

As much as I enjoy the heatwave, I would enjoy it more if there was some air movement, sometimes there is so mch humidity, it is hard to breathe. On one of my last walks back from Asda in Whitchurchi, I nearly didn't get home as I couldn't breathe

The Cancelled trip

 Latino Street BItes

Going to the next stage

                                             Asda in Bedminster

I will go back to doing my food shopping in Bedminster, Bristol. By doing this, I can have lunch in my freind's cafe, in the undercroft of St. Mary's Church in Redcliffe.

I would have gone back this weekend, but I had a family matter to sort out. I am prepared to accept my proposed meeeting with my friend, Svitlana, in Didcot, will not happen. I can't say why, I have an odd feeling, things are going too well.

Svitlana talks about going to the next stage in our friendship, I am taking a back seat for a while to establish where I am.

My first week without a walk to Asda in Whitchurch

 Asda in Bedminster

                                                                       Latino Street Bites

Here we are, a week since my last walk to Asda, Whitchurch. I won't be going back to Whitchurch, I have too many bad memories of the area. Instead, I will use the Asda in Bedminster, it will mean catching a bus there, and back, but it has its advantages. Bedminster has shops I can look around, and I can revisit my friend's cafe - Latino Street Bites - for lunch twice a week.

I will miss the walk out, and the ladies I got to on the tills, but the walk back was getting too much for me, mentally. Having to walk back thinking was I deluding myself thinking a lady my age could find me attractive?

The answer to my question is YES, ladies my age, do find me attrractive, this was shown by the responses to my profile appearing on the Mature Dating scene

The first Friday i didn't walk to Whitchurch

 Asda in Bedminster

Friends with Benefits

There are two main reasons I didn't go on my regualr walk to Asda, in Whitchurch today. The main reasson is I have no money until the middle of next week. The seond reason is the lady I had planned to meet there, doesn't live in Bristol, so I have no reason to go there.

I will change my routine, so I can keep my exercise going, I will go to Asda, in Bedminster instead. If I go there, I can revist my friend's cafe - Latino Street Bites - and on a Saturday meet two friends who visit from Taunton

WhatsApp 07593 690567

 UK connection

Would I have another relationship?

As my friendship with a lady who "claimed" to live in Bristol collapsed last night, I am moving forward, not looking back at my errors of judgement.

I am suprised to learn she is not in Bristol, not in the least, she gave me three places where she claimed to live; she couldn't make a 10-minute drive from where she said she lived to Asda, Whitchurch.

Any ladies in the Southwest of the UK, who are interested in contacting me, my WhatsApp numner is here, if you wish to chat.

Use it or lose it

The Main Attraction

60+ Ladies in Bristol

As the proverb says "Use it or lose it," that is what is going to happen to a lady I know who "claims" to live in Bristol.

After several months of trying to meet her, and many lies as to why she didn't want to meet, I am running out of patience with her, if she does live in Whitchurch, she's had plenty of time to meet me at Asda, as I live in Hartcliffe I can walk to Asda from my house.

She keeps saying we're in a relationship, how can you be in a relationship, when the other person keeps making excuses not to meet? At best, in my view, we have a friendhsip, which is soon to be terminated unless she changes the situation soon

 

A Scientific Puzzle

Asda in Whitchurch

Icy water

At the beginning of the week, I took one of my weekly walks to Asda, Whitchurch, Bristol. Partially for the exercise, and partially for some food shopping.

As it was hot, I took a bottle of chilled water with me. On my return, I noticed my shoulder bag was far lighter than on the way out, I wondered why this was? Then, I realised, the ice had melted back into water.

The humidity is so high, I almost didn't make it to my house in Hartcliffe, though the walk is only 3 miles. These walks have helped my health a great deal