Weekends away.

It has been sometime since my last post so I thought it was about time for an update.  No startling news on Ron but he is doing more and more little things.  For example we no longer use the wheelchair upstairs.  He walks in to the bathroom and has a perching stool at the sink.  We now have a good routine for showering and I no longer get exhausted.  Ron is now walking to the dining table although he sometimes has difficulties with the thresholds but he is determined not to be beaten.

We go to any Sunday Lunch that we can.  We had a rather fraught time getting to The Cricketers at Fryerning when our trusty Sat Nav failed to perform - it later appeared we had a faulty cigar lighter socket.  However more by luck than judgement we arrived and enjoyed a good meal (at least I did).

Not sure if I mentioned that we are now attending Saffron Walden Rehab Gym on Tuesday and Friday.  We are therefore discharged from Herts.  Ali has told us she is going to cut back on her visits we will miss her but she has told us that she is going to attend a course on Neurological damage in November so she wants to keep Ron on her books until then in case she learns anything that can help him.

We had a visit to the stroke doctor, this visit was at the request of DVLC but will take the place of the planned visit in November.   Nothing to report re the doctor's visit.

We had a great weekend in Bournemouth with RR Essex Section.   A very busy full-on weekend.   We had a lovely room and Ron managed everything he needed to do.  There was a raffle and an auction in aid of The Stroke Association and around 430 was raised which was brilliant.   People are so kind going out of their way to help things go smoothly for us.

We returned from Bournemouth on Monday evening, had Tuesday and Wednesday at home and set off for Crewe on Thursday (172 miles).  We met up with John and Linda Deed and enjoyed dinner with them which was very nice.   On Friday morning we set off for Bentley's Customer 's building where we had coffee and a presentation on their new SUV.  Following this Ron and I headed of to The Goat Hotel which was to be the location for  the meet you fellow guests and afternoon tea at 4.00 pm but we were there for lunch which we enjoyed in the sunshine on the lawn.  There was a bucks fizz reception in the evening, followed by a meal with a table magician to entertain us.  The Saturday was planned as a driving day.  We were supplied with a list of local attractions and a map showing several suggested routes.  However we were both exhausted and decided to spend a lazy day in the hotel.   We spent the morning in the beautiful lounge reading and drinking tea and coffee and then had a very good lunch in the restaurant.  In the afternoon we read and dozed in our room.   Once more there was a champagne reception before dinner in the evening and this time there was a band for dancing.  Sunday we left for home after breakfast.

Bringing this post up to date, we have been out for lunch again with Essex Section, followed by visits to Suzanne, Graham then home when Andrea and Vince called for a quick visit- phew!


In between all the activities over the past couple of weeks I have mowed the lawn and helped Ryan clean out our back pond.


Bye for now.