The morning after the night before.....

Right, I came in to the hospital at eight this morning....no panics...just wanted to be here when the consultants came around....and also to make sure that my lovely wife isn't telling porkies to them all in an attempt to be let out....she would so like to be at home...with her dog!!!

As I arrived I actually bumped into our consultant in one of the corridors downstairs....she's not coming around early this morning as she has meetings first thing....great...my routine is destroyed...the nice lady that tells me what to do when I'm (desperately) trying to operate the automatic checkout in Sainburys will be wondering if I've been run over by a London bus.....and I've not got a newspaper either....looks like the biggest decision of the morning is whether to go back out now and shop etc. or just wait for the consultants to arrive....phew, it's a tough life trying to decide!!

It was great to see G and LT last night...hot food for supper...that makes a change.....and of course, once we got to nine o'clock, the phone started buzzing with news from St Martins Public Hall....all very exciting...some bloke has been elected by the parishioners without even being there....what's all that about? Seriously though, I'm chuffed to bits to be able to carry on being Deputy....there's so much more that I want to get done...and Michel is also to be re-elected....I'm so pleased....i think we make a good team.

No sooner had I typed the above ....the consultants turned up....a very quick meeting apparently...just as well I didn't slope off to get my paper....would have missed all the fun....WE ARE COMING HOME.....I suspect that they have basically had enough of us, and the thought of having us here for the weekend was just too much...so off we go. Flights are booked (many thanks Jersey General for helping to coordinate that) and we are with easy jet......let's just hope it's a little easier than it was the last time....at least it's a Friday morning and not Saturday afternoon....and hopefully the rest of the population of London will be at school or at work....

Lots of messages for me today...most to do with the nomination meeting last night...but lots of others for Jill from all sorts of wonderful people...too many to list. We are also really happy for two particular people who have their son back at home after a few months away....those of us with kids know how tough it can be when you're "not in control" of little ones....or not so little!!!!

I knew it would happen.....no sooner have they told Jill she can go home, she's decided that she wants to go for a bloomin' walk....it's still morning...we don't do walks in the morning...having said that, we're gong to be doing quite a bit of walking tomorrow, so maybe we should get some practice today......as long as I can think of a route that avoids the shops....Im always very wary of shops without prices in the windows......dangerous for your bank balance.

So off we go... I'll post more later...but thought that our reader deserved to be updated ASAP with the travel bulletin. Laterz peeps.

Wasn't allowed to post by her ladyship...so it's just a continuation below.

Right, back from walk....a struggle keeping Jill out of shops...but managed by conveniently forgetting to take my wallet (phew!) .... But we went down the Fulham road...crossed to the kings road...and then back up via the park...less dodgy people there today...maybe they only come out in the afternoon.
Got back to the hospital and reconnected to the internet....it appears that the boys at home have been re-in acting (?) something from the "Bridge on the River Kwai".....building what can only be described as a "structure" over the stream in the meadow so they can get the mower over to the other side....all a bit Moses and the Red Sea for my liking....but they do seem to have had a good clear up in an area that has always been a bit inaccessible.....not any more..our meadow will be envy of the civilised world next year...not that anyone ever gets to see it....the hanging gardens of Babylon better watch out.

Beef salad has just arrived...for Jill that is....reminds me that it must soon be time for me to cross the road to my cafe for lunch....people watching on the Fulham road is a past time I can thoroughly recommend.....

Honestly, it's a minute by minute account of today's activities, I shall be glad to get back to Jersey and let him attend to his ' important ' stuff and leave the blog posts alone for a while......:-)

You've heard of three old ladies locked in the lavatory? Well Steve managed to get locked in the lift with four ladies and the sweet trolley!!! Typical, as he said they could survive there for quite a long time, ( not entirely sure the ladies would have agreed with him) that lift is definitely dodgy, but really the only means of getting up to the the fifth floor, especially if you're not fit.....

Off for our second walk, he realised he'd left his jumper in the cafe he had lunch in, and then during the walk we stopped at St Luke's church cafe, where I had to pick up his phone he'd left on the table......his mind obviously on other things!

Posting a few pics...


The Marsden.....' my windows' on the top floor...


Our selfie, in St Luke's Park ....


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