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Health Whinge and a Milestone
The UK trip may have been great for my mental health but it did my sciatica no good at all. Three courses of anti-inflammatory tablets did very little but keep it at bay, so it was back to the doctor again. Our regular doctor was away. His locum examined me thoroughly then decided to prescribe a course of strong anti-inflammatory injections. ( Read more... ) -
What I did on my holidays
Got back late Tuesday night and just about managed the unpacking before collapsing in a heap of goo.
As holidays go it wasn’t the most restful but it was tremendous fun. It also seemed more than ironic to be traveling from a tourist region to take a break in Cleethorpes and Reading. Not two of the most obvious places that spring to mind when ( Read more... ) -
Come the Revolution - Chapter 3
Tracey Davis - Slytherin, Muggleborn and Essex girl. This is her story, and the story of a revolution in the making.
Chapter 2
Having decided to go back to Hogwarts after all, Tracey must now face the consequences of her decision …
3. Childhood’s End
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I ( Read more... ) -
Americans, wine and a fic update
On Saturday we said goodbye to a lovely Californian couple who have now set our record for the longest stay so far - 11 nights, one night longer than the previous record and four more than they’d originally planned. They were repeat visitors, having stayed with us twice during our first season, so they felt like old friends. As they’re wine buffs ( Read more... ) -
Halloween and the Dreaded Calendar
We’ve had a lot more out of season guests than last year so October’s B&B earnings have added up to a tidy sum. Fortunately, they weren’t all like the Leaving Party From Hell (see last entry). We’ve also had a really lovely Dutch family whose four year old daughter fell in love with Timeshare Dog, an older English couple who’d been here in August ( Read more... ) -
News from Corporate La-la-Land and other matters
It might be low season but I still don't know where the time goes. The last week and a bit has been mostly taken up with an urgent assignment and a last minute group booking at the weekend. It was in the midst of the flurry of preparations for our Saturday night party of ten that I received an email from an old friend and ex-colleague, R, about ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Well, I got my fic finished but hubby's fishing trip was a complete disaster.
About three-quarters of an hour after he'd left the house I got a call saying he'd broken down. The brakes had failed completely. Luckily it happened on a quiet stretch of road at a time when no other cars were about. Over a week later I still get the heebie-jeebies ( Read more... ) -
Yippee!!
Our last guests have taken their leave. Breakfast's cleared and the dining room tidied. The guest rooms are cleaned, the beds stripped, and the washing done. One token bed has been made up, "just in case". The others, duvet folded at the bottom of the bed and pillows piled on top are in "winter mode" so they look farily neat if any curious out- ( Read more... )
