so yes, as the title gives (every) indication, i went to make use of a local laundry. the same as last time, and in regards of local, that would be being local to my lodgings in my era of exile, look you see. indeed, some four (4) years as it has now been. anyway, if you missed the (partially informative) post on the first visit i made, here's the link to it. enjoy, knock yourself out.
oddly, or actually, there was a stab at some useful information in that previous post, with a kind of quasi look at if it was more cost effective to use a laundry than purchase a washing machine and tumble dryer. except i did not factor in to it a "combo" washer dryer. oh. whoops. anyway, that means there's every chance of no useful information featuring here.
there's a picture of the washing machines of the laundry then, presented in the format of that thermal scanner app thing i have on my increasingly useless phone. yes, the main component of the image are the larger machines they have on offer, designed (somewhat obviously) for bigger loads. as i had slightly more stuff to do (further bedding and whatever i could cram into the red bag you can see glimpses of) i did go and use one of these big boy machines. the cost of this was £1 north of the machine i used last time, or if you will £6.50.
no, i did not "do a Nick Kamen" in the laundry. my suspicion is that the other patrons would not experience any nostalgic joy from me doing so. also it would likely have made things awkward for the very, very helpful chap what runs the place. i just sat and read a novel (in this instance the Steve Cavanagh one recently commented on in a post) whilst the machines did their thing, with the occasional instance of stepping outside to have a cigarette (sorry).
will (or shall) i be making further laundry visits? i would expect so. this is true whilst we remain in a sort of winter like state, for it's somewhat easier to get the stuff dried. also i just can't work out how i would hang (to dry) bedding in my modest lodgings. there is also that i, strangely, have found just sitting in the laundry most relaxing. it's like i have to be there and can't be somewhere else, so i can just chill and read, or watch the drum in the machine go round and round. every now and then just pausing does one wonders.
how likely is it that these laundry visits shall become the new "car wash" sort of post, where i document each and every such adventure? quite, if we are honest. for the most part i do just try and have a quiet, normal life, so there's not always too much of excitement to post here.
rather like the car wash posts (and one of them is due relatively soon) there's very much a finite number of things i can write on the subject. so, well, let me leave it there.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
