Thujone

At last! I've managed to find a landlord who will accept me with no references. Been in this bijou flat for a few months. Landlord happy with the arrangement. Not so lucky on the work front, despite multiple attempts. Interesting replies to my initial posts. I've never owned a smartphone. Have a dumb phone given to me by day centre. Have a tablet which was bought in more affluent days. Charging free in libraries and day centres. Also use free computers in the library and day centres. But, what I have come on here for, is to give some blindingly obvious advice. (And to ignore any replies from Mr Jackanory.) Don't come back to your original country and hope for everything to fall into place. Things have fallen into place for me with all my madcap ideas throughout my life, but not this one. It's aged me, my personality is shot to pieces, and my faith in humanity is almost entirely gone. What a blunder to make. But, I'm in a much better situation after over two years on the bench. I won't go into details as FB fiends are everywhere.

Belated Equinox greetings. Still on the bench. A life that would have seemed scary not so long ago is increasingly seeming normal... I probably wont be logging in much after this update. Thailand seems a long time ago.

I was in temporary accommodation for a month or so last year. Then was deemed not a priority and shown the door.

Yuletide greetings to one and all. I'm still out on the bench. I've tried all agencies/charities I can find, and all those suggested to me by groups who give help to those who are homeless. I am not deemed a priority, so am therefore not eligible. Others with priority status get the accommodation I would get if I were a priority. Some have suggested I should be economical/expansive with the truth to get priority status. But we all know what happened to Mac in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest as a result of that cunning plan... Employers aren't interested in my applications, due to my situation. But, in case it seems I am logging in to moan, I'm not. I'm just telling it how it is for anybody who's interested. My life has been a series of adventures and this one could be the ultimate. There is the fact that over the course of time I have become part of a loose-knit community of people who are also not deemed priorities. I hope this post is of interest to some.

What a long strange trip it's been. Apart from a few nights in emergency accommodation, due to the temp going below freezing, (the less said about that episode the better), I have been sleeping rough. Strangely, surprisingly, I've sort-of got used to it. And as I am homeless anywhere in England, I can move around, so my wanderlust is sated. I thought I'd pop back in , as it been a year since I came back, just to keep those interested up with how things are going. They're going terribly. Greetings from Down and Out in England.

Due to drastic changes in circumstances, I am leaving Thailand and going back to England. I haven't been there for more than 10 years. I've lost contact with friends, no family, so I will be homeless to begin with. I thought I'd go to Brighton as, well why not, and if I've got a chance to pull things around, I've as much chance in Brighton as anywhere else. But...where will I leave my suitcase? A homeless person lugging a suitcase will be a target and I doubt I will hold on to it for long. Does anybody have any ideas as to where a suitcase can be left as cheaply as possible, which I may be able to adapt to leaving it in Brighton? The train station doesn't do luggage storage.