THE FROST HAS STRUCK WITH WHITE ALL OVER THE PARK. NO SNOW HERE YET BUT VERY CHILLY. WE WERE GOING TO GO TO OXFORD FOR LUNCH WITH JUDY ON FRIDAY BUT ABANDONED THE ENTERPRISE BECAUSE OF FEAR OF NOT GETTING BACK FOR HOURS. THEY ADVISE EVERYONE TO HAVE A FLASK OF HOT DRINK, A CHARGED MOBILE,A TORCH AND SOMETHING TO EAT IN THE CAR ENCASE YOU GET STUCK!!
AS IT TURNED OUT ALTHO IT DID NOT SNOW THE M4 WAS HELD UP FOR HOURS DUE TO VARIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ETC. LUCKY WE DID NOT GO.
HAD OUR HAIR DONE TO=DAY SO LOOKING ALL GLAM. DICK AND I HAVE COVERED PAGES OF OUR HISTORY. WILL TAKE AGES TO SORT IT ALL OUT KEEP ME OUT OF MISCHIEF HOPEFULLY.
OFF FOR INDIAN BUFFET LUNCH TO-MORROW WHICH SHOULD BE GOOD FODDER FOR THIS WEATHER. MUST GO AND CRUNCH THE FROST UNDERFOOT TO-MORROW. ALL SEND LOVE.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
LATEST FROM LONDON
GET THE WEATHER OUT OF THE WAY FIRST! VERY NIPPY WITH FROST ON THE GROUND IN THE MORNING BUT EITHER SUNNY OR OVERCAST. ONLY A COUPLE OF DRIZZLY TIMES.
HILARY AND I ARE NAGGING DICK TO TRY AND GET HIM TO STAND STRAIGHTER AS HE IS WALKING. WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A PHYSIO TO COME.
WENT TO SARAH AND HUGH'S ON SUNDAY. ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF IN THE CAR. THEN WE ALL WENT TO A PUB GALLED THE CHASER. GOT THERE AT 12.45 AND FINALLY GOT OUR FOOD JUST AFTER 2.00!! I MUST SAY THAT ALICE AND EMILY WERE REALLY GOOD. FINALLY GOT OUT OF THERE ABOUT 4.00PM . THAT MEANT HIL HAD TO DRIVE THE LAST HOUR OF THE JOURNEY IN THE DARK WHICH SHE DID NOT ENJOY. I CANNOT SHARE ANY OF THE DRIVING AS YOU HAVE TO GET SPECIAL INSURANCE CLEARANCE.
QUITE A REVALATION IN MARKS AND SPARKS AND WAITROSE OF THE PACKAGED READY TO EAT OR COOK THINGS THAT YOU CAN BUY. HAVE NOT BEEN TO ANY ACTUAL SHOPPING SHOPS YET. MIGHT TRY THIS WEEK.
GOING UP TO OXFORD FOR LUNCH WITH JUDY AND DAUGHTER SALLY ON FRIDAY SO LETS HOPE WE CAN GET DICK MOBILISED TO LEAVE BY 10.30 SO WE DO NOT HAVE A REPEAT OF THE LATE DRIVING HOME.
PLENTY OF DRINKIES WITH VARIOUS NEIGHBOURS WHICH IS NICE. A FRIEND OF THEIRS WHO LIVES HERE FROM USA CAME TO DRINKS WITH HER SISTER WHO WAS OVER FROM THE STATES. SHE WORKS FOR DISNEY IN LA AND WAS VERY EXCITED IN GIVING THEM THESE PRESENTS OF VERY ODD PLASTIC FIGURINES ONE OF WHICH LOOKS LIKE A BLACK BEAR WITH BAD TOOTHACHE!
DICK WANTS TO GO AND SEE HARRY POTTER SO WE MIGHT DO THAT ONE DAY THIS WEEK.
HOPE MY LITTLE SAM IS THINKING OF ME?
WILL TRY TO FIND SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING TO SAY. OUR MEMOIRS ARE COMING ALONG WELL HOWEVER. BUT THERE IS ALOT MORE TO GO, SO THAT WILL KEEP US BUSY.
HILARY AND I ARE NAGGING DICK TO TRY AND GET HIM TO STAND STRAIGHTER AS HE IS WALKING. WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A PHYSIO TO COME.
WENT TO SARAH AND HUGH'S ON SUNDAY. ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF IN THE CAR. THEN WE ALL WENT TO A PUB GALLED THE CHASER. GOT THERE AT 12.45 AND FINALLY GOT OUR FOOD JUST AFTER 2.00!! I MUST SAY THAT ALICE AND EMILY WERE REALLY GOOD. FINALLY GOT OUT OF THERE ABOUT 4.00PM . THAT MEANT HIL HAD TO DRIVE THE LAST HOUR OF THE JOURNEY IN THE DARK WHICH SHE DID NOT ENJOY. I CANNOT SHARE ANY OF THE DRIVING AS YOU HAVE TO GET SPECIAL INSURANCE CLEARANCE.
QUITE A REVALATION IN MARKS AND SPARKS AND WAITROSE OF THE PACKAGED READY TO EAT OR COOK THINGS THAT YOU CAN BUY. HAVE NOT BEEN TO ANY ACTUAL SHOPPING SHOPS YET. MIGHT TRY THIS WEEK.
GOING UP TO OXFORD FOR LUNCH WITH JUDY AND DAUGHTER SALLY ON FRIDAY SO LETS HOPE WE CAN GET DICK MOBILISED TO LEAVE BY 10.30 SO WE DO NOT HAVE A REPEAT OF THE LATE DRIVING HOME.
PLENTY OF DRINKIES WITH VARIOUS NEIGHBOURS WHICH IS NICE. A FRIEND OF THEIRS WHO LIVES HERE FROM USA CAME TO DRINKS WITH HER SISTER WHO WAS OVER FROM THE STATES. SHE WORKS FOR DISNEY IN LA AND WAS VERY EXCITED IN GIVING THEM THESE PRESENTS OF VERY ODD PLASTIC FIGURINES ONE OF WHICH LOOKS LIKE A BLACK BEAR WITH BAD TOOTHACHE!
DICK WANTS TO GO AND SEE HARRY POTTER SO WE MIGHT DO THAT ONE DAY THIS WEEK.
HOPE MY LITTLE SAM IS THINKING OF ME?
WILL TRY TO FIND SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING TO SAY. OUR MEMOIRS ARE COMING ALONG WELL HOWEVER. BUT THERE IS ALOT MORE TO GO, SO THAT WILL KEEP US BUSY.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
First days
WELL HERE `I AM. JOURNEY SEEMED LONGER THAN USUAL, PERHAPS OLD AGE CATCHING UP. THE PLANE WAS NOT VERY FULL SO GETTING A TURN AT THE TOILET WAS A BREEZE.
ARRIVED EARLY AND MET BY A REALLY NICE DRIVER FROM PARKER CARS WHO WAS FROM GHANA. 5 DEGREES IF YOU DON'T MIND. DICK LOOKING QUITE GOOD THO' NOT TOO GOOD ON HIS FEET. USES A ZOOMER FRAME AS EMILY AND ALICE CALL IT. WE ARE CONSTANTLY NAGGING HIM TO WALK MORE UPRIGHT AS HE SEEMS TO PUSH IT FAR AHEAD AND THEN CATCH IT UP!
ATE TOO MUCH FOR DINNER AND THEN TO BED. NEXT DAY WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE COULD NOT SEE A HAND INFRONT OF YOUR FACE FOR FOG. IT LASTED ALL DAY AND ALL THE FLIGHTS INTO LHR WERE CANCELLED. HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET. BY THIS MORNING IT HAD LIFTED BECUSE IT WAS FREEZING COLD AND RAINING - CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL! CHEERED UP DURING THE DAY ALTHOUGH STILL VERY COLD.
SPENT MOST OF YESTERDAY STARTING ON THE FAMILY HISTORY SO THE FOG OUTSIDE DIDN'T MATTER. LONG WAY TO GO BUT DICK IS AN UNENDING SOURCE OF INFORMATION. SAYS I KEEP INTERRUPTING HIS FLOW WHEN I ASK A QUESTION.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN HIS OFFICE TO=DAY CATCHING UP FROM BEING IN HOSPITAL SO CONTINUING THE SAGA TOMORROW. OFF TO DINNER NOW.
ARRIVED EARLY AND MET BY A REALLY NICE DRIVER FROM PARKER CARS WHO WAS FROM GHANA. 5 DEGREES IF YOU DON'T MIND. DICK LOOKING QUITE GOOD THO' NOT TOO GOOD ON HIS FEET. USES A ZOOMER FRAME AS EMILY AND ALICE CALL IT. WE ARE CONSTANTLY NAGGING HIM TO WALK MORE UPRIGHT AS HE SEEMS TO PUSH IT FAR AHEAD AND THEN CATCH IT UP!
ATE TOO MUCH FOR DINNER AND THEN TO BED. NEXT DAY WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE COULD NOT SEE A HAND INFRONT OF YOUR FACE FOR FOG. IT LASTED ALL DAY AND ALL THE FLIGHTS INTO LHR WERE CANCELLED. HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET. BY THIS MORNING IT HAD LIFTED BECUSE IT WAS FREEZING COLD AND RAINING - CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL! CHEERED UP DURING THE DAY ALTHOUGH STILL VERY COLD.
SPENT MOST OF YESTERDAY STARTING ON THE FAMILY HISTORY SO THE FOG OUTSIDE DIDN'T MATTER. LONG WAY TO GO BUT DICK IS AN UNENDING SOURCE OF INFORMATION. SAYS I KEEP INTERRUPTING HIS FLOW WHEN I ASK A QUESTION.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN HIS OFFICE TO=DAY CATCHING UP FROM BEING IN HOSPITAL SO CONTINUING THE SAGA TOMORROW. OFF TO DINNER NOW.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Departure
Getting ready to go O/S tonight. Rich and I will have a bit of dinner on the way to the airport. Arrive in England the next afternoon at about 3pm. quite a good time.
Spoke to Dick on the phone the other night he seems to be quite cheerful tho' a bit woozy at times with the morphine. I do not think he can get around very well but is apparently OK sitting, standing and lying! He has a "zoomer" frame for walking.
I will be writing updates whilst there so you (if you read this) will be up to date with all goings on.
Spoke to Dick on the phone the other night he seems to be quite cheerful tho' a bit woozy at times with the morphine. I do not think he can get around very well but is apparently OK sitting, standing and lying! He has a "zoomer" frame for walking.
I will be writing updates whilst there so you (if you read this) will be up to date with all goings on.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Rainy Day
Woken up this morning at 6.00am with cousin Judy on the phone from Oxford to find out how Dick is as she cannot get much out of Hil!! Seems that Gabby and Gina ( Judy's granddaughters) both live in London now so may get to see them.
Had a fun day at bridge yesterday with Judy and I getting the better of a really 'gun' couple of players. Very satisfactory.
Dick still in hospital yesterday but hopefully will be out soon. Grumbling because he is bored.
Rich and I off to a 'do' at Brett's Wharf this afternoon run by the lamb people so lots of lamb nibbles no doubt.
damn the rain I was going to do the verandah to-day don't know whether I am pleased or sorry!
Had a fun day at bridge yesterday with Judy and I getting the better of a really 'gun' couple of players. Very satisfactory.
Dick still in hospital yesterday but hopefully will be out soon. Grumbling because he is bored.
Rich and I off to a 'do' at Brett's Wharf this afternoon run by the lamb people so lots of lamb nibbles no doubt.
damn the rain I was going to do the verandah to-day don't know whether I am pleased or sorry!
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