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April 2025
April was one of those
months where nothing very much happened.
We had allocated ourselves a whole week of “local holiday”, the
idea being that we had days out doing stuff around here. Actually, we had one day out, which was
nice, but the judiciary got in the way of anything else ... such is life
sometimes.
The day we had out was
great, though – we started by getting the metro at Heworth
(which has an excellent car park) and went out to the coast, crossed the
Tyne on the Shields Ferry and then went back to Heworth
on the Metro. We stopped for lunch
on the way. Ian found it very
exciting, Lois less so and Tara just slept most of the time (except
during lunch). It was a fun day
and if you’re ever up here, we recommend it.
Lois took a trip to
Doncaster to see her sister who is poorly at the moment. Ian went to have a physiotherapy
assessment on his knees, which were diagnosed with “mild arthritis” some
years ago. The physio’s
diagnosis (after having heaved Ian’s legs about extensively) was that
there was no sign of arthritis at all and although his knees were stiff,
that was down to lack of appropriate exercise. Ian’s knees felt better straight
away! He’s now on an exercise
regime which is helping the stiffness a lot – AND they have stopped
hurting!
Also, we got measured up
for some replacement windows (the double glazing has “popped”) and a new
back door ... they’ll be fitted next month and more then.
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