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No appointment for surgery until they have seen the photos Mel. Apparently the photos will help inform them what to do.

No appointment for surgery until they have seen the photos Mel. Apparently the photos will help inform them what to do.

I'm pleased your home safe and sound Anng. What a lot of walking you have done today you should sleep well tonight but what a nuisance with the buses and just as well you left yourself a lot of time. have you got your next appointment for the surgfery yet ?

I have been up and got my recykling box back down here and took up my long handled secs to cut some of the willow down but some are so thick I need to take up my super dooper leccy ones to get through the thick branches. Well it was a little bit of gardening............ they are all stored away now in the airy workshop.

Well done AnnG I'm glad you made it ok and found some helpful staff to take you where you needed to be. I find hospitals very confusing despite their attempts at signage and those corridors are so long to tramp along, especially if you take a wrong turn somewhere. The traffic sounded as horrendous as here when the children are being picked up from school and people are finishing work. Still you did it and know the routine for another time. Hopefully the results will be through soon for you. Now you can have a rest and relax.

It actually worked out very well. I checked the bus times for 1.05pm just after 12 and that bus appeared to either be very late or cancelled so I caught a bus to Gloucester at 12.50. I was going to wait at the hub and catch the 205pm but (I am spotting a trend here). The departures board was a bit ambiguous so, as a bus came in - the 1.35- I got that one it was a very comfortable double decker not a Stagecoach bus, a coach bus so I got to the hospital at ten past two. Took a while to circle the very large campus to find the entrance I needed, then a lovely volunteer lady showed me the way through the Warren of passages to the medical photography suite which felt it was down in the dungeons. My appointment was three fifteen and I was forty minutes early. Not many people in the little waiting room, just two and when nobody else came in the young man photographer said he would fit me in. The actual photographer was no more than fifteen minutes and I was out, helped back through the maze by a young lady from the office. So I was at the bus stop thirty minutes before my appointment time 14.45. However traffic obviously delayed that bus which had to come from central Cheltenham town. Probably school traffic too as we didn’t see a bus for thirty minutes and this was an older large coach which was very full. Traffic was horrendous and the inward journey took more than fifteen minutes longer than the outward, stopping and starting and almost gridlocked in Gloucester. School time again of course. Got into Gloucester travel hub at 4pm and my bus pulled in at the same time. Not a lot of fun as it was obviously Churchdown schools bus and I am walking in the opposite direction to the kids. Got on the bus and left immediately but again it was stop start until we cleared central Gloucester and crossed the bypass. Got home at 4.30. So, it worked, I would do it again if I had to, it would be better at about an hour earlier though. But I am tired as I seemed to walk a long way.

That's good you sorted the bus times AnnG and have the backup plan for taxis if needs be. Hopefully you shouldn't be long at the hospital with them just doing photos this time.

I hope you enjoy your lunch Vera and I hope the AGM goes well without too much fuss from those that aren't happy. It happens with most groups I expect.

Because of covid our Co-op stopped issuing receipts unless you asked and it has continued since. We ask and noticed a little while ago that we'd been overcharged,. They refunded on our payment card. It's happened again this morning with a different assistant and OH noticed 2 charges for his Times newspaper. He went back and there was no apology and the girl gave him coins this time instead of refunding on his card. This seemed strange and maybe an attemt to hide the error, so if it happens again I will mention it to the manager in case something dodgy is happening. It may just be their system though.

Back to the bathroom catalogues now.

Its come over a bit grey here now just as the washing machine is finishing.

As it is only photographs Vera not the actual removal I will be fine by myself.

Our weather is like Mandy's; it's wet and grey with showers promised on and off all day.

I've washed some bedding and am just going to have a shower. We have to have an early lunch as it is the Ladies Association AGM at 1.30 pm. What a silly time. We're expecting a few fireworks as one little back stabbing group are trying to oust the current committee so it could be an interesting meeting.

I hope you don't have any problems with the buses AnnG. Will you be OK coming back by yourself or is someone picking you up?

Missed your question yesterday Ann. It is bus. Leave here to catch the 1.08 bus into Gloucester (about 20 minutes.) I have left time for delays so if I get there before 1.30 I will hang around until the 2.05 bus to Cheltenham hospital. They run every half hour. If there is a technical problem with the buses to the hospital there is a taxi rank outside the bus station.

Morning All,

It seems warmer this morning and is 7 degrees here now, very dull as well. I saw the man with his car on our drive again this morning and he even had to do a shuffle and back up to the side of OH's car to get out of the drive which isn't good either. OH doesn't want the driver's side denting having just got the other side repaired. The company will probably say it's nothing to do with them, but if they know it means we will cancel they might have a word with the driver.

Off to the shop with OH now and then to decide what to do today. I had a reasonable sleep last night, but found my glasses on the shelf behind me this morning and I've no idea how they got there as I never put them there.

Morning girls,

We have a nice bright sunny morning with plenty of blue skyand whispy white cluods and its 7 degrees and pc says mostly cloudy so I expect it all to disappear later on. We had frost last night but it was gone by about 8am.

Hope everything goes ok today with the hospital appoiontment and the buses Anng we will all be thinking of you. <3

Morning all,

No frost this morning as its raining and we should have showers for most of the day so no outside jobs .

Anng I hope your hospital appointment goes well and you manage with the buses OK.

Need to go to Tesco for a few bits later .

Good morning all 2 degrees and no frost here. Slept well from 10.45ish to 6am I don't actually remember getting up for the loo but I must have done sometime. Quite bright and dry at the moment.

I will be around in the morning, leave here at 1 pm. Thanks for good wishes.

Mel, love your Tudor gentleman, very cleverly dressed. Not just good at making the figures but good at making the clothes as well.

I have frozen baked beans as part of left overs half beans half cottage pie in container.

Mel your Tudor man has really turned so well ,lots of hard work gone into making him and theres so many fiddly little bits you've made for him ,he'll be hard to part with .

All the best for your hospital appointment tomorrow Anng hope it goes well <3

Yes best wishes for tomorrow AnnG. Did I miss it or did you manage tso sort a lift or is it bus or taxi? You should have more idea what to expect once you have been to the hospital.

Mel your Tudor man turned out well didn't he. I like his hair and hat and thought the boots must be tricky to get fitting snuggly. Will you sell him?

Thanks for lettng me know you can freeze baked beans.

Yes Anng good luck with you hospital visit tomorrow hope it all goes ok. Let us knw when you get back. Sending love. <3

Thanks for the photos Mel. I can see just how much work you've put into your Tudor man and it's been worth it because he is a verry handsome fellow.

I really just popped back on to wish AnnG good luck with her hospital visit tomorrow. I hope it all goes well for you.

I have a few standby tinned things, but buy things that are cheaper say in a pack of four. OH has tins of Sardines and Mackerel for his bones, but I hate the smell, so no kissing when he has those! :-D

Oh I like a tuna jacket Gwyn, especially with a bit of red onion and a sprinkle of cheese!

I use those microwave rice packets too Mandy. They are handy as they are so quick. Our newest arbour and trellis at the top of the bottom fence both need painting this year. I must get a colour chart now you've reminded me.

Well done on finishing your Tudor man Mel and yes, you can freeze baked beans as Asda sell frozen breakfasts with baked beans in them. It isn't me having Windows 11 that's the problem. It's the browser being updated with a new layout and the problem is with ME and my poor old brain that keeps forgetting the changes. I have Edge and Internet Explorer, but like Edge as I have an adblocker on that to stop the adverts. Edge was recommended to me by a PC repairer and I see that Techradar have voted it overall as the no 1 2024 browser with Firefox just behind at No 2. It seems different browsers have their different strengths in different areas! I also like the built in Artificial Intelligence Edge has. I've found things on some of my ancestors by using it that I've seen nowhere else. It writes letters or poems on any topic for you and will tell you about places or give recipes, anything really. OH has used it for some stock letters he has to send and was surprised how good they were with a bit of personalisation added. I just asked it to write a poem about computer updates and this is what it said:

Computer updates are a necessary pain
They interrupt our work and cause us strain
But they also fix the bugs and improve the features
And make our devices more secure and sleeker

So next time you see a pop-up on your screen
Asking you to restart or install something
Don't be annoyed or frustrated or mad
Think of the benefits and be a little glad