Bonjour!

That title pretty much sums up my total repertoire of the french language - duly confirmed when I asked the shop assistant at Le Clerq if she spoke french !! Whoops

It is so lovely here, France I mean, although Center Parcs is fairly good too.

I can see why it's so popular with young families, mine would have had a brilliant time here on holiday ( if they'd had the chance !)

Anyway, we are out and about in the Loire region seeing the sights and sometimes sampling the local fayre, not just staying in the resort, although so far we've 'enjoyed' swimming, the spa, cycling and crazy golf.... And that's just a small taste of what's on offer.

I thought St Martin was quiet, but it's unbelievably quiet here, and since the thunderstorm last week ( knocked out the TV ... English Channel only affected apparently) it's also very DARK, as some street lights affected too. Made for some especially difficult riding on our late night cycle tour as my bike was the only one without lights that worked, ( since remedied by a bike swop).

Checked in once at home, not asking about the 'girls' as best I don't know , but little do the boys know I have a spy in the camp, so they can't get away with their all night parties.

Only two boys at home as the eldest is touring Canada, appears to be in the Rockies now, and only one encounter with a grizzly so far..

Ok, so less holiday frolics and more information.

I am due to start radiotherapy on the 29th September , yes, I know it's a Thursday but they begin whenever there's a slot. They have tried very hard to accommodate me for late Monday and early Friday sessions so I can come back to Jersey for the weekend.

This does mean that mid week ' appointments ' are a bit all over the place , but you have to go with the flow I guess, and be grateful for small mercies.

I actually finish a week later than I thought 9th November, but better that they try to blast IT out of the water so to speak than pussyfoot around.

Bex is flying over with me next Thursday morning so I can take two large suitcases, and I hope that I can get settled into Chelsea Cloisters ( apartment block 7 minutes away from the Marsden ), not a nunnery like some of you may think.

Huge amount of money, that I would rather have spent on a holiday(!) but it is far better that I stay somewhere close to the hospital and is half decent so I can leave stuff there, and friends/ family can stay over on sofa bed if need be .

I have to think that this is far better in the short term to have six weeks of disruption than have six long months of chemo and all the side effects that brings. It will, however be extremely hard to not be near my home ( dogs) and family, when it's all the normality that I crave in day to day life.

The thought of feeling very poorly, with possibly nausea, tummy problems etc etc is playing on my mind, and difficult to get my head around. Plus the fact that it gets worse after treatment has finished!

I mean heaven help me, my netball, badminton, racquetball and tennis will suffer terribly - never mind anything else!!

Oh, and I've signed up for dog gun training classes on a Sunday afternoon... I'm still working on the recall, so a fair bit of work to do just yet.

So , not Jersey french tonight but ...

Bonne soirée










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