U.K. Duty Visit - Day 4

We got off to a fairly slow, gentle start as both P & N had passed poor nights & John was in no hurry for anything, playing with his PC & drinking coffee. We were all surprised, after seeing snow settle last night, to see dry roads and not a sign of snow. In due course Nick went off with a friend (who was buying a house) to offer an unofficial review service of the type for which he used to charge a fee. It took most of the morning.

Meanwhile, John & Pam took on the first bookcase. P & N will eventually ship a container to Australia that could include a number of books (mostly very old “Book of the Month” reprints) in which Pete had expressed an interest. John picked out a couple of books, and Pam a few more to which we had a connection & most of the rest are now marked for disposal.

The bottom section was full of photos & the rest of the morning was spent in sorting into piles, one for scanning, two for each of us only, and a lot of obvious duplicates many of which Pam will add to the container stack with a view to a long-term project of making up albums for her children of their childhood.

As lunchtime approached Pam realized she was developing a migraine, took a pill & went to lie down. John & Nick made themselves some lunch & then relaxed, read and fiddled around. We eventually went off to the Nursing Home to see Mum-Mum, and John entertained her with lots of photos while Pam lay on the bed quietly listening. We decided to leave the “packing” for the hospital until tomorrow morning.

The day was chilly, and sufficiently windy to discourage outdoor walking, but from noon on there actually were spells of bright sunshine in between the clouds.