Predictive texting/typing, posing as an aid for writers, turns out to be a cruel trick on dyslexic folk and a constant test of equanimity and alertness ... sometimes the most bizarre auto-corrections creep past the weary, unwary blogger ... maybe spotted on re-reading, maybe not ... the way to restore peace of mind seems to be to accept the challenge and review before posting ... or turn it off, if this is indeed possible ... since Google kindly provide this platform "free", maybe the price is to play their game, contribute to their meta-lingual project or whatever it is ...
Leaving Amizagh before 7 means missing most of the folks, though Harry is up, ready to call his girlfriend, due to arrive mid-January ... a Swedish chap, who arrived late last night, also appears, in search of coffee, having smoked his first cigarette ... at the bar by the bus-stop he adds a shot of whisky to the coffee, then accepts the inevitable and orders a proper measure ...a sure sign of alcohol dependence ... escaping the Scandinavian winter, he says, though the pre-dawn morning is chilly enough ...
Today's trip to Tavira includes an early bus to Lagos, where public transport options include an onward bus to Faro at 8.30 am or a train to Tavira at 11.14 am ... and since the Pousada de Juventude opens at noon and the train trip along the Algarve is preferred, a wander around Lagos, coffee and some writing passes the time pleasantly ... the town looking good, with the river, the sea, the sun ...
On the way to the station Jake pulls over, asking for directions ... a short ride and deep conversation ensues ... 43, from Stoke, then Shropshire, at mid-life decision time, selling half million pound house and using his half to buy a camper van and live free from slavery for a while ... this theme of contemporary slavery popping up as a reminder on FB ... a quote from Charles Bukowski: "Slavery was never abolished, just adapted to include everybody ..." ... another quote from a prophet in the USA, this one not famous (yet), but convincing ... yet another sounding too strident and surely suffering to be authentic here ... though suffering is not unusual amongst the seers ... and from suffering sometimes truth, sometimes delusion ... how to tell?
The train arrives before two and the noon opening hostel shows no sign of life ... patience required, plus Plan B, just in case ... internet establishes plenty of beds at various prices ... return to hostel establishes noon as mistaken information, now updated to 4 pm ... time to shop for supper before checking in ...
... which takes a while as systems closed down for a day or so are re-started ... customers not flooding in just yet ...
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