Hi again, all - sorry I've been a bit quiet but, after we came back from Henley last week, there was a spate of bad news and I was just too depressed to bother with anything much. Following on from the death of my friend Tony in Cyprus, we heard on Friday that a friend of OH died last week; another friend has been diagnosed with cancer in his intestine and, a horrible coincidence, their beloved cat got a strange growth on the eyelid which turned out to be a malignant tumour. Then yet another couple of friends both got rushed to hospital on the same day, him with a suspected heart attack (which turned out to be angina) and her when she reacted badly to some prescribed tablets and collapsed unconscious. They're both being sorted out by the medics now and should be OK but, naturally, it's left them very shaken and stressed.
Yesterday turned out to be a lovely sunny and quite warm day so, at OH's insistence, we went to Clacton for a vintage bus rally. He says, and he's quite correct really, that we should take whatever opportunities we have to do the things we want to do because you just never know what's around the corner ... A gloomy thought but true, sadly. Anyhow, we had great fun admiring and riding on the old buses and it was an opportunity to meet up with some friends who used to live near here but moved to the Clacton area about 3 years ago when they inherited a really nice bungalow around the time they planned to retire anyway. It was really lovely to see them again and catch up on the gossip and, after all the bad news, to see that they are well and happy and enjoying their new way of life. So, all in all, it was a smashing day and I'm so glad I let OH talk me into going rather than sitting here feeling morose.
The weather today is warm and mostly fine but very grey and muggy with hardly any sunshine. I washed the sheets but it really didn't seem worth hanging them outside so it's into the dryer with them! Lucy K has had a busy morning outside keeping an eye on the world and making sure it keeps turning but now she's sleeping off her exertions on my duvet. Purrs and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz to all and hugs wherever needed!
dita wrote:......There was a man near Sandoft not far away from here who collected old busses, cannot remember his name but I know they were available for the public to see....
Dita, I wonder if you're talking about Tony Peart? He lived in your neck of the woods and, until his death in 2006, was a very active participant in the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft as well as at the Lincs Vintage Vehicle Society, who were bequeathed 2 of his beautiful buses in his will. They're still in regular use there on open days and being very well cared for. Tony was a teacher at a school in Chesterfield and, such was his enthusiasm for his preserved vehicles, he would occasionally arrive at work in one of his buses!
Hope you'll soon be feeling better!
by vannin » Wed May 28, 2014 9:19 pm 
and Vannin, take care all.
