I took one of my cars for a quick spin this morning as anything vaguely modern hates to be sitting around not being used, unlike a proper classic with no warning lights which could come on. Anyway, I went down the road towards the next village from ours where they often have a speed camera check, which is usually placed in the entrance to the village car park and is out of sight round the bend whichever way you enter the village. Sure as eggs is eggs, as I came round the bend I saw three civilians dressed in high viz jackets, two women and a man. The woman raised her arm and pointed what appeared to be a speed camera gun at my car, which was rather convenient as I had entered the village at 20mph just to be on the safe side. Having proceeded up the road for half a mile I turned round and came back, this time entering the village at an even slower speed, however the woman with the gun still raised it and pointed it at my car again. Now, this may sound petty to some, who knows, but I then pulled into the village car park and attracted the woman’s attention and asked in what I felt were fairly polite tones, why on earth she had pointed the gun at my car from both directions when it was blatantly obvious I was travelling way under the speed limit. It seems to me, if you can’t assess the speed of an oncoming vehicle perhaps you shouldn’t be pointing a speed camera gun at the car. I have to wonder if the Police supply these guns and on what criteria, for if they take the word of people like these that the traffic is travelling far too fast through their village, perhaps they are the ones who should be sent on a speed awareness course.
I am a retired actor, although to be honest I only retired because I wasn't getting any work due to losing my agent when I became a full time carer to my mother who had dementia. and the option of becoming an unemployed actor/waiter at my age was ludicrous, especially as my waiting skills are non-existent.
Having said I’m retired, I don’t think there really is such a thing as a retired actor for I am still available for work, I just don’t have an agent or any connections with regards to obtaining any worthwhile work.
I have over the years done student films when there is nothing else available, always low paid (if at all) the only incentive was always the promised copy of the finished film for your show reel which nine times out of ten always failed to materialise.
I spent many years looking after my aged mother and shortly after her death I was lucky enough to run into an ex-girlfriend of many years ago and our romance blossomed once again, resulting in us getting married in 2013.
My move to the countryside inspired me to write The Diary of a Country Bumpkin which tells of my continuing dilemmas in dealing with the rigors of the countryside from the unexpectedly large number of pollens, fungal moulds and hay products waiting to attack the unsuspecting townie.
I enjoy writing, see my play Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori on The Wireless Theatre Company, The Plays Wot I Wrote and The Battle of Barking Creek both available on Amazon.co.uk and am very fond of classic cars so my ideal occupation would be acting in a film I had written set in the 1930s/40s, we live in hopes.
I am delighted to say that since venturing to the countryside where space is not quite the premium it is in town, I have due to the availability of two double garages acquired more classic cars to form a small collection the pride of which are a 1947 Bentley Mk VI and a 2000 Bentley Arnage.
My various blogs and websites are continually evolving and I’m sure that by following the appropriate links you will find something which will edify or amuse.
I have written a number of different books all available on Amazon, so don't be shy should you feel the urge to purchase. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Joe-Wells/e/B06XKWFQHT/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
The Diary of a Country Bumpkin 