What are you all up to today? - part 3

Just having a catch up on here.  At long last NZ photos sorted and photobook ordered - oh for the days of films that you dropped off and collected prints!  Digital allows never ending snapping and endless sorting...............

Been really busy since our return, house and garden now reasonable.  We have spent two days slashing and pruning my mothers garden, she has someone to cut her grass and hedges but the rest has been getting away from her over the last years, it's all perennials
and shrubs.  I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said a couple of hours gardening.  Nextdoor has wisteria that goes mad over her side as well as other thuggish plants with no maintance.........  Ended up with at least 20 hours - she's well
pleased and we're knackered.........  Still easy on the pocket

Good to catch up on your news and trips - glad those of you who are away are enjoying themselves.  Sorry for the health issues - wishing all better.

Getting over the grieving period, happens when we leave them knowing we won't physically be together for at least 18 months, much harder this time
.  They have not been too well, tummy bugs and broken nights - just when we can't help, still we all had to cope on our own.

Looking forward to some time, hopefully a couple of weeks, out in the motorhome - it's had little use this year and we need to blow the cobwebs out of the engine.  Want to visit my elderly relative who has moved into residential care in Lytham St Annes,
huge move from London whilst we were away.  So in an effort to spend some time with him we are looking at exploring the area, OH had business trips to Liverpool and declared it an area he didn't want to travel too
, but has conceeded that was 20 years ago and things are probably different now.  So researching the area for sites and things
to do, hope to pop to The Lakes for a bit of autumn colour.  Any suggestions gratefully received.

Our son and dog are here for the weekend, he's watching the golf after hectic week at work - lovely to have rooms occupied again, for a short while you understand
.

We just got woken up by the patter of a heavy rain shower on the caravan roof. It's stopped now. Just made a pot of tea which is brewing as I type. It looks like it's going to be a typical October day weatherwise! 

A quick update on our Canadian trip. We've moved on from Toronto to Kingston en route for Ottawa.

Toronto is a typical North American city - overwhelmed with skyscrapers and choked with traffic, very little of any age left. But the CN tower is a great attraction giving fantastic views of the cityscape and over Lake Ontario. Even managed to persuade Mrs
M to venture onto the glass floor! We also did a harbour cruise which goes over to one of the little islands where the well-to-do have their holiday cottages and where you get the most attractive views of Toronto's waterfront.

Then we did the traditional tourist trip out to Niagara Falls. The town/city itself is horribly commercialised but the falls themselves are every bit as breathtaking as the tourist blurb claims and the trip on the little boats that take you almost to the
foot of the falls is the experience of a lifetime.

Now we're at Kingston and our hotel is right on the waterfront. It's a much smaller city and all together more pleasant. Just here for the one night then off to Ottawa later today. 

..Do not tell a Canadian that anything is typical "North American"  they will be chucking out

Just  spent  an  enlightening  hour  registering  my  newish  Blood  Glucose  Monitor  &  deleting  the  two  old  ones.

The  firm,  Accu-chek,  let  me  &  other  reg'd  users  have  'Checking  Solutions',  batteries  etc,  free  of  charge { at  the business  end  anyway 
  }

But  they  do  offer  guidance  etc  for  the  newly  diagnosed and  for  drivers  too !!  Up dates  on  the  law  etc  for  drivers  are  always  worth  the  reading  I  think  altho'  they  don't  change  often  thank  'eavens  !

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I'm on my 12th delivery today. It has been absolutely manic. However, we did get a short break and used it to make a cream tea. Now we're parked outside KFC in Goring by sea next to the Mulberry Hotel. The sun is out but not for long. It's rapidly setting as I type this. After collection, we need to deliver to an address at Heene Terrace, next to the Burlington hotel on the sea front.

Still doing deliveries. It has been non-stop all evening.

We've just got up to a bit of a grey start to the morning but at least it's not raining. I find I can sleep a lot better with this cooler weather.

Chipping Sodbury Caravans said they would contact me once they've got the necessary part to fix the air-conditioner but not heard anything yet.