Evening's Winding Down / myLot

London, England

June 1, 2025 2:51pm CST

For the last couple of weeks I have adopted a new routine in the evenings. I turn off all screens at ten PM. Most of the time I achieve this, but sometimes I get so wrapped up in a film that deadline slips by. I aim to be tucked up in bed around 11 and that is proving much easier to manage. In that hour from screens off to bedtime I mostly read for a while, but sometimes like to rest my eyes and listen to audio books or radio plays. From the picture you can see I like Dr. Who and its spin offs, like Counter Measures, set in the 60s, or Jago and Litefoot, based in Victorian England as well as original adventures for several of the Doctors. Blake’s 7 is another popular listen. The Scarifyers is set between the wars and involves the chaps from MI13 investigating weird and ghostly goings on. The one I like to dip into frequently is the BBC Radio 4 series of ‘History of the World in 100 objects’ 15 minute chats about historical objects in the British Museum, that trace human history. Anyone else out there relax and unwind with spoken word tales?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (390563)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 25

We really enjoyed audio books when we were doing long road trips. Vince listened to all the Harry Potter books travelling to and from work. He had about an hour each way to travel.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (390563)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 25

@Ronrybs Vince worked at a school and was able to borrow audio books from the library. My blind brother used to try to listen to them but gave up as he'd nod off then have to try to find his place again when he woke up.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (390563)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jun 25

@Ronrybs That's a good idea to have a timer.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21488)

• London, England

2 Jun 25

@JudyEv Most libraries in the UK lend ebooks and audio books. They also lend them out online, not sure how that works, but my mum swears by it! I must confess that I listen to audio books in bed and have the timer to switch off as I also fall asleep

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Kareng

@kareng (83564)

• United States

1 Jun 25

I usually unwind before bed reading.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21488)

• London, England

2 Jun 25

Depending on how I feel, I do both.

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Kareng

@kareng (83564)

• United States

5 Jun 25

@Ronrybs Right always depends on mood!

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91274)

• Arvada, Colorado

30 Jun 25

I used to Ron. But of course I had been wrapped up in all sorts for years now, so had not been able to listen to the audio ..but what I do do is listen to snow blizzards and it puts me to sleep..off YouTube you know. I love your choices of listening! I really think that one about the M13 would be interesting.