On home soil!

 I did get my waffle and it was covered with delicious Belgian chocolate!

A rather early start saw me at the Eurostar terminal. Boarding was easy and no one had taken your seat. Setting off, within a short time we were picking up passengers in Lille, France, and then we sped on to the Channel tunnel and in to London! It was a quick 2 hours and I  gained an hour!

I then took the  London underground to Paddington to pick up a train to Worcester! It was slightly strange as I couldn't see my intended train on the information board. A visit to the ticket desk caused me to wonder why Paddington and I just don't seem to gel - last year I was sent all over the country because of 'Storm Eunice' - this year I couldn't get straight through because I was told that a 'bridge had fallen down' so I was going to have to change trains!

Sis, Jake, and b-i-l John, were at the station to meet me and we headed off straight to the local hospital to get my name on a list to have cast removed. Information was taken - they wanted my sister's information rather than mine! She explained the process she had gone through a few weeks previously about what we had to do. We were told to wait and Jake went outside to tell John what was happening! Before she'd even got out the door I was called in. The doctor looked at my x-rays, which had travelled with me,  said " It needs to come off" and off it came.

 Goodbye old friend!

None of use could believe how quickly everything had happened. The doctor and I had a good laugh about my accident, but he had no clue what Pickleball ball was, and I had said if he hadn't taken the cast off I was thinking of different ways to get it off! I asked if I  needed to pay but was told no and within 15 minutes of entering the hospital I was out. Great service by the NHS. It does feel a bit strange without the cast but I am doing some exercises to get my wrist back to good working order - still a little painful when moving in different directions!

The weather was exceptional on Saturday and we spent the day lazing, reading

 and swimming!

 I am now a glowing red colour!

 

Sunday started with us all doing our bit to water the vegetable garden - you name it and it's growing! We then went for a walk down the lanes - all this before breakfast!

It became a dull cloudy day so we headed to Gloucester for retail therapy. There is a Marks and Spencer outlet store and I was able to replace some of my T-shirts! Also got new trainers - those cobble stones played havoc on my other ones!

Back home and we had a swim - think it's helping my wrist as it's getting a workout in the water - it was a bit chilly getting out so no sun bathing today! I was then put in charge of making gooseberry crumble! Gooseberries are one of my favourite fruits but we don't get then in Aus!