U.K. Duty Visit - Day 13

This was a dismal day, cool and largely wet, with just a short break in the afternoon, providing little incentive for early activities. At mid-morning Nick & I went out, first to the Meads for some necessities plus a bottle of wine for Mum-Mum, then on to Hailsham & the nursing home. Mum-Mum was, of course, delighted to see us. We stayed about 2 hours, chatting, and doing crosswords. I was delighted that she was still quite well able to contribute. Eventually, we unpacked her suitcase from the hospital & put everything away for her & took our leave just as they were serving lunch.

Back at the flat we made lunch for ourselves, watched some Olympics, read my paper on-line, and then I got back to scanning. I have now done all the one-of-a-kind pictures (about 95) and I am delighted with the results. We eventually got a call from Pat, made plans for the evening and since we were in a brief spell of drier weather went out. We booked a table for dinner in the Meads, then went to the usual parking place & walked briskly, with the wind down by the banging & crashing sea, and against the wind, a little more sheltered back up the pavement (sidewalk). It did us both good, although we just made it back to the car in time to avoid a serious dampening.

Later we went down and met Pat & Ange at their hotel & all went in Nick’s car to the Meads where we spent a truly enjoyable evening. The food, all three courses, was delicious & I was glad nobody from Sandcrest Medicine could see me ignoring dictums left and right. We have arranged to meet for dinner tomorrow as well.