Life has been long daily visits to York hospital to be with Paul as he undergoes tests. Now he is at home, happy to be there, though there is another visit to the hospital on Monday. That has been the sum of my life this week. Arranging for Lucy and the bantams to be looked after by my two friends here in the village.
Dear C has been going round in a flustered manner worrying about the upcoming barbeque, that Paul pulled out of some months ago. It is to be held in the pub car park, and Lyn from the other end of the village will arrange the buying of the meat, which she does every year and selling tickets at the 'upper' end of the village. I have a feeling that the two ladies will not coordinate, I have only ever sat in on meetings and handled the monies coming in. The barbecue is the most friendly get together of the year, last year it was up in the big barn of the Bells.
Things happen in the village, a new face Joe, has taken over the parish council affairs, his two main objections are the speeding through the village and our stance against fracking. Irene has taken on the role of secretary and when given the book of parish happenings, found that the problem of speeding traffic had been going on since 1950. This was due to the coaches coming through from the local Flamingo Land up the road. Never been but was pleased to see that they were sending a black rhino, bred here, back to Africa.
As for fracking, it is a bit like sitting on a bomb waiting for it to go off. Kirkby Misperton about 4 miles down the road was the site of a fracking drill. Run by Third Energy, a company that had little money and when Barclays refused to bankroll them, they were sold off to a holding company in Britain - in America. The whole caboodle of equipment was pulled from the site and residents rejoiced, now they worry once more.
Funnily enough I was going to write about Utamaro, a Japanese artist but I will do that later. Paul always reads my blog, so my recording of our daily life is important to him!
Cannot praise York Hospital enough, we must never let the NHS disappear under privatisation, it is the one true diamond amongst a sea of empty politicians bickering for prominence and power. Is anyone governing the country by any chance?
You raise a lot of points of interest that I could easily bounce off...from fracking to village life, the NHS, speeding, national government and Flamingo Land. However, above all I send my best wishes to Paul - in the hope that he gets through this phase - and comes out the other side onto a long straight road of good health.
ReplyDeletePaul says thank you for wishing him well. He has improved over the last two days, eating more which he did not do at the hospital. Well your points raised are of course interesting, the problem with me is getting angry which on the whole is wrong because it does not solve the problems. So what is it about Flamingo Land that is so interesting?
DeleteAn old chairman of Hull City (my football club) was the owner of Flamingo Land. They also sponsored the club's shirts. Furthermore I organised three school excursions to Flamingo Land from Sheffield. It is a place of dreams. But where is Wood Pigeon Land? Where is Pied Wagtail Land?
DeleteFracking is a concern especially for those with well water. We had a lot on it when it first became a big issue in the US but now not much whether the damage is ongoing. It does appear to cause small earth quakes in some areas. They want to do it now close to some of our national parks and it's raising more attention but rarely seems to get to the mainstream news.
ReplyDeleteHi Rain, we are a small country, the Earth is going down the drain and yet our foolish lords and masters still think mining dangerous gases is good, we know why. Our local politician is for fracking, he even went to America to see how it operated - no problem says he.... We are also close to a National Park, there is some talk of 20,000 wells, totally ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteSending my best wishes to Paul (and to you too of course) - I do agree about the N H S - I have never had cause to complain about either our local surgery or our hospitals. They are not near at hand, neither are yours. I suppose it is the price we pay for living in such beautiful rural locations. The huge expensive equipment needed these days means things have to be centralised. Thinking of you both - hope the next few days of tests give good results.
ReplyDeleteThank you Pat, the journey is long though but through beautiful countryside. And as a central hospital is of course very busy, lending itself to people watching......
DeleteHospital trips and tests have to be worrying for you both. I hope there is improvement.
ReplyDeleteYes it has taken it out of Paul, but he is being very good, considering he never went to the doctors for 35 years and now takes on board what they tell him Sharon.
ReplyDelete