Colin has been keeping very active indeed to keep up his fitness for LEJOG which begins less than two weeks away now. Apart from his usual keeping up his fitness on his bike and his general exercises he does daily he has loads of work to do regarding the house.
As we had just been away for five weeks clearly there was much work needed to be done. I said how veg patches had been moved or hoed etc but he has now begun cleaning all the stone paths around the house. Not a small task as we seem to have lots of it and what with that and trying to get ahead with every other task he never seems to stop. However he is in a good place and can’t wait for his PH project to begin. He is having a T Shirt made by the PH Society and will wear it each evening when he gets to his hotel to try to raise awareness again for us.
Everything is now in place including his last train home when he has finished This has been a nightmare as strangely enough you cannot book one seat, no you need to book two one being for your bike! You do not pay for two and the bike does not go in the compartment with you it is just how it works. Anyway last bit done now and my task is to get him to the station at Leeds early doors so he can catch his train to the beginning of his journey.
LEAVING ME IN A GOOD PLACE
When Colin goes he goes with the knowledge that right now regarding my pah I am in good position. We saw my trial doctor today and he is so pleased with all my tests and in particular the day when I walked 11 miles! (we are pleased with the walk too) so all appears to be well. I will attend Sheffield again in a month as it comes to the and of this particular trial. I have been asked if I wish to continue on the medicine (still don’t know if placebo or meds though they tell me I should know when I stop trial and start med) of course I said yes as anything for ph and always hoping for a good result for us all.
NEW BUT NOT FOR A GOOD CAUSE
We went into Harrogate yesterday so Colin could get his bike serviced before the ride. As we had to wait for a while we decided to do some shopping for clothes. I had gone through my wardrobe and got a huge bag for the charity bag and need to replace. We found a great shop and the assistants were absolutely fabulous. They sorted Colin out with a fabulous jacket with beautiful colourful lining and the most amazing shirt I have ever seen.Though reluctant at first to try the shirt on he was persuaded by myself and the assistant. The fit is so good and the material so lovely he just had to say yes. Job done for him but there was a ladies section upstairs so up I went. The assistant immediately pulled out three pieces which she felt would flatter me and the colours were so me. I tried them on and she was right. Job done except the trousers were too long so this necessitated in a drive to a local store where they turned them up within 24 hours. Now all I need to do is iron said items and we are ready for the sad day when our friend is laid to rest. As he was so well known in the world of business and play we know there will be hundreds attending so we are aware that we may not even get in to listen to the service and will need to listen from outside so to that end we are taking big coats too so ready if needed. It will be a very sad day to say goodbye to Pete.
IZZY IS DOING WELL
We have Izzy for two weeks while her parents are on honeymoon. I have to say that to date she is behaving really well, though she always does for us. We are having a good time with her and she is eating well and doing any tasks with a smile that we put her way. She has learnt that if she rinses her hair really well after shampooing and conditioning her hair well she really does not have to wash it every day. The proof was today as she went off to school with a head of clean smelling lovely shining hair on day five after washing. Dare I hope that she maintains this regime as her mom say she is very lazy regarding rinsing of it. I hope that I have taught her a valuable lesson that to take a little time can save a load of time in the right circumstances. We shall see.
Hair wash day tomorrow so will be very interesting. I have begun using a hair care regime by Kevin Murphy and love it so I bought her some little bottles to try. If she does well with it I will treat her to the big bottles.
As this blog comes to an end I will once more put in the link to Colin’s LEJOG “Just Giving” page, anyone wishing to donate to our PAH charity via this may do so from there, I believe it is straight forward. My donations will go in when he begins the ride in the hope that it may jog (pardon the pun) others to do the same. It is all a really good cause and so necessary we support groups such as these.
Click on this link : - https://bit.ly/LeJogForPHAUK
If you have trouble donating please contact me and I feel sure we can sort something out.
In the meantime I send you all warm love and good wishes as the weather turns better and we can enjoy some mild weather.
Carole xxxxxx
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