We are back from another visit to Topcliffe. The weather was very kind to us.
I managed one trip up to Middlesbrough to meet with some ex work mates. These are a group of fine people who I laughingly attempted to manage in the 1980s. As a team we were split up for reasons I would rather not go into, in 1988 and we have kept in touch ever since. When we lived on Tesside we would meet every month. Obviously with living over 300 miles away I don't see them as often but it was nice to meet up again and catch up with news.
Everybody remarked on how healthy I looked. This is very morale boosting. Certainly I felt a lot stronger than the last visit. This time I also did a 2 hour driving stint on both legs of the journey. It's still a long way though. Door to door Topcliffe to Ryde took 7 hours 10 minutes and that was without any major hold ups on the road.
We heard some good news whilst we were away. Grand Daughter Lucy got some excellent SATS results. She goes to Senior School in the Autumn. We are sure she will do well. We are very proud of her.
When we got back, there was a letter from the Hospital in Southampton confirming arrangements for the pre assessment on 23 July and reporting for the operation on 2 August. Whilst we were away a friend asked me how I was feeling about the operation. I answered that truthfully I hadn't been thinking about it too much but I guessed as the date got nearer that would change. The letter said it was expected that I would remain in hospital for 10 days though that could be a movable feast.
Still no word on speed sensors from the garage and the Digital TV we bought gives off pixilated pictures on some channels so it's back to the shop with it. Life at times gets tedious don't it?
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