Oh my word Mary, no car and no internet! I had such a holiday recently. I went to the Outer Hebrides. It was absolutely wonderful; there were meadows, filled with beautiful wild flowers and of course, birds! Now I am in love with meadows. Extraordinary white beaches with turquoise seas. Scotland is so absolutely wonderful. But! One night it rained and there was an irregular tap-tapping on the tent. This could be the opening of an exciting story, but it �s just farcical. I screwed some toilet roll up and inserted it into my ears and a little wadge has got stuck. I �ve done everything to get it out: poked, tweezered, held my ear under the shower, but it �s still there. I didn �t get past the receptionist at the doctor �s, she ordered me to Accident and Emergency. Three days later, I �m going to have to go. Oh, the humiliation! I will be sitting there with the wounded and of course, I will be bottom of the pile because my problem is just not serious. I could be in there for hours. Looking on the bright side, maybe I will make some friends, or at least have time to read a few good magazines! 

Lynne  

 

Oh dear Cunliffe,

So funny to read about ...errr ...your holidays ! Mind you, I had hundreds of fleas down here ( because of ...cats !! & hot températures ;-))) I thought my holidays were the worst   - ever. Till I read your post ! :-)))))

Seriously, hope you �ll get better very soon !

BTW , I love beautiful Scotland too ;-)))

Hope you �ll make new friends & recover asap.

Thank you for your messages on the forum - & keep travelling, hey ?

Val  

 

Thanks Val. Sorry to hear about the cat fleas Just hearing about it makes me itchy!

I didn �t get seen yesterday. The initial assessor (for the benefit of ELTs, I think the term is �triage nurse �) wondered why, since it wasn �t an emergency, I hadn �t gone to the doctor; said I would be seen, but it might be a wait of 4 or 5 hours and if anyone else came in, they would be prioritised over me, so I left. I will insist on a GP appointment and if the receptionist asks me what it �s about, I will say �Confidential �. But I �m putting it off as my new glasses aren �t right and I need to sort that out with the optician.  I �m not a multi-tasker, although I can drink coffee, eat chocolate, watch TV and browse the net all at the same time.

Lynne