24 June 2010
I spent the morning quite happily working on my laptop in our dear little Rose cottage at the Olde house. Then to LAF to spend a little time with Granny before brother-in-law, who really is not terribly well, characteristically unselfish and generous, insisted on taking to us all out to lunch at a delightful seafood […]
23 June 2010
Despite the late night, we found it hard to break our normal habit of waking up and having tea at around 6.00 a.m. After breakfast I worked on my laptop until we were picked up at 10.45 by Victoria. This was the prelude to an exciting lunch at the world-famous Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant, at […]
22 June 2010
Off to Cornwall, to see ‘my lovely’s’ sister Victoria (Tor), brother-in-law, Lawrence (Lol) and (almost) 99 year old mother, ‘ granny’, driven by Barry and his partner Denise, riding shotgun. ’My lovely’ wanted the whole excursion to be as comfortable as possible, and characteristically generous, splashed out and hired Barry for the occasion We stopped […]
21 June 2010
The longest day of the year — the summer solstice and the weather matched the occasion with a beautiful summer’s day.For other reasons it is a day I shall remember. It was my quarterly assessment at the Respiratory and Sleep Centre at Papworth Hospital, so this meant that last night I had to sleep with […]
20 June 2010 – Father Day
Not that I’m a great fan of these commercialised celebrations but having said that I very much appreciate the loving card that came from my dear daughter and the effort made by dear Son Miles and the lovely Kimberly, in driving down from London to join us for lunch today to celebrate the event. Smiler […]
19 June 2010
My kindly neighbour, Graham Smith, came round this afternoon to help me sort out the next stage of the Mugs Guide for entering such thing as Anecdotes, Jokes, Videos and Photos. These need a little more thought than straightforward posting text entries as there has to be a hyperlink. Anyway, I’m confident that once I […]
18 June 2010
A great day. The first time back at Royal Worlington Club to since the beginning of May. Tim Stranack, the match manager for our side against The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC is the oldest regiment in Great Britain) very kindly invited me to join them for the day having been, in the past, lucky enough […]
17 June 2010
The big excitement today was seeing Joanna, the physiotherapist, at the Saffron Waldon Community Hospital. I managed a short walk up and down the corridor without the frame but with the girls hands firmly in my support belt had I stumbled. Although they both said that I was doing amazingly well considering the cast had […]
15 June 2010
A very pleasant and helpful physiotherapist, Joanna,  came to see me at home  this morning and after some test walks, mainly with the gutter frame, she said I was doing very well. Frankly, she was not at all keen on the gutter crutches and recommended I did not use them. Instead I should exercise three […]
14 June 2010
The big day arrived at last. Off to Addenbrookes Hospital to have the cast removed. I saw a very nice specialist registrar who assured me that the break had mended and that I could now start putting full weight on the leg. Although I found I could stand I felt very shaky in terms of […]
D. Mark Cato
D. Mark Cato