Gone
to stay at the daughters so that I can rest the leg so that it
can be given a chance to heal without me being tempted to do things
that don't help.
It will take some doing to just sit around and be
waited on hand and foot, but I suppose I'll just have to put a brave
face on it and suffer in silence.
No broadband so updates will be rather sparse for a while. |
| Wednesday 1st to 3rd September 2010 |
| A
visit to Westray and a meal at the Pierowall Hotel given to us by the
Graemsay for our Golden wedding anniversary which we must thank
them for. It was a marvellous night out and our stay on Westray was a
real pleasure. |
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Tuesday 31st August 2010 |
Well we are going to Westray the
morn for a couple of days and not
sure of the internet connection
there and also not sure about the
holiday as it looks like it will be
sat resting the leg for a while.
Just got to work out which of the
family is most likely to take pity
and wait on me hand and foot.
Problem here is that the courtyard
is extremely slippery for the
crutches when it is wet and also I
keep wandering about doing things
that I shouldn't.
I went down to see if the hens were
alright the other day but knew that
they were being well fed when I got
there and found that at least fifty
sparrows sharing their food. It's a
problem getting in to the hen coop
as well as they try to get out past
me whilst I am hopping about in the
doorway.
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Monday 30th August 2010 |
|
Lots of mistakes
today. Tried to manage on just one
crutch as the leg was feeling a good
bit better but it didn't feel like
that for long. The I was checking a
delivery charge for a projector that
is to be ordered for the Community
Association but found that the firm
had an answer machine that told me
that they answered calls only
between 08:30 and 18:00. I sent them
a slightly sarcastic letter about
expecting someone to be available to
answer the phone and was then
informed by Bobby at tea time that
they would be shut for Bank holiday
Monday. |
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Sunday 29th August 2010 |
|
A day mostly spent looking to sort
out things that we will require for
the trip away but not making a lot
of headway so far. Wouldn't have
been too bad but stopped to watch
'last of the summer wine' on
television after tea and Pat had
opened a bottle of a really nice red
wine to go with the meal. That of
course was the end of doing any
preparations for the holiday and
there is only two more days at home
to get everything ready. |
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Saturday 28th August 2010 |
Nothing much happening apart from
copying some of the talking book
stories and then looking for audio
files of old radio programs that are
in the public domain. I did find one
site that had a massive content with
a wide variety of programs where I
downloaded enough to last me for a
long time.
Mostly I looked for mystery stories
and comedy shows but did download a
few recordings of William
Joyce (Lord haw Haw) who I have
heard many times in films but never
more than a few seconds of each
broadcast. Somewhere I have a 78rpm
recording of Quentin Reynolds with
one of his 'Dear Doctor' speeches,
but not sure where it is amongst all
the other things that are on the
'must keep' list. |
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Friday 27th August 2010 |
20:30 - Spent most of the day
working with the computer looking
through some of the photos on file
and found a stack of cd's almost a
foot high full of old pictures. I
only looked on the one dvd at the
top of the pile and that took me
back to some that were taken in
2002. Of course I haven't yet found
the one photo that I started off
looking for but maybe I'll leave it
until after our holiday.
I must get sorted out with
everything that I'll need with me
but apart from booking the boats I
am making no other plans for the
trip away. Must get some of the
talking books that I have on dvd's
copied to flash drives for playing
in the car as I soon get bored if I
am driving on a road that I know.
Apart from that they cover up the
sound of Pat snoring as she falls
asleep within minutes of setting off
on a journey. |
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