Coronavirus
A day of many calls to the hospital and Barty House. Her operation was carried out today and as I write this ( 8.15pm) she is currently in Recovery room waiting to be moved to the Orthopaedic ward no 31. In all my calls today nobody has been in a position to give me hardly […]
Mum had a fall in the early hours this morning. She is now in Pembury Hospital. I have spoken to Dr Shaheed, after examination, CT scan and X Rays, Mum has a fractured hip along with cuts to head. Cuts can be stitched but after discussion with Viv and Malc and I agreed to an […]
As if I am not tired already I promised James a tandem ride to Headcorn Airfield. He is a good little stoker but doesn’t stop talking whilst I am trying to catch a breath! Apart from a bit of misty rain we avoided the downpour they had in Maidstone, Sue and Alex got soaked just […]
Home day with the boys. I slept in the tent again but just with James. Alex preferred a bed indoors. Seemed to work well with a reasonably good night’s sleep but I am feeling the strain somewhat, looking after lively grandchildren for 6 days now, is quite hard. Just tonight and tomorrow night then back […]
Thanks to friend Chris for providing a new (old) keyboard and to Mike for sorting out my email issue the computer is up and running again. Hopefully it will last a little longer before I need a new machine! My minor injury from the ladder fall is on the mend so things are looking a […]
Another 30 degree plus day. The boys surprisingly slept reasonably well in our Shelterbox tent and Ollie slept in his own deluxe fishing tent. Fortunately we had booked well in advance for our kayaks at BodiumBoating on the River Rother. We set of relatively early and spent the morning swimming and jumping into the river. […]
Another hot day. Stuart, Natalie, Oliver, Danny and Toby arrived in the morning. The young boys loved the Shelterbox tent we had ready and we are hoping they last the night in it. A perfect evening weather wise so fingers crossed. This afternoon we all went to the quarries, had a great paddle in the […]
As it was going to be hot today (34 degrees) I went for an early 5k run. Very uncomfortable, very muggy so just a jog through the valley. Sue had a lunch party with 4 friends today so I was the waiter. It all went well, nice to see Diane, glad she is keeping herself […]
Today it was my turn to visit Mum. With the new rules it will be me from now on as the constant visitor. This is the home’s policy based on Govt Guidance. Fortunately, Viv was able to visit last Sunday, Les the week before and Sue the week before that, so it is my first […]
For the unaware TT means Time Trial, a cycling event where we race against the clock over a set course. Today’s was a 10 mile ride near Tenterden. After an early morning start I rode to Biddenden where I met Les and some others from our gang and we made our way to Tenterden for […]