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Well a bit of a bombshell this evening—- the metro link tram service will end at Piccadilly gardens and not enter Piccadilly station ,nothing said re a substitute like a bus but of course the metrolink goes underground for the last bit of the journey then a lift takes you to the main concourse , well son taking luggage down but I can’t face the awful road journey ,so few convenience stops , hence the train travel , so what happens next?
I must enquire re a taxi etc from Piccadilly Gardens.
Oh honestly, I am fed up with it all.
There may be some help available so fingers crossed ,I will look straight away.
Viktoria.

Gosh,time is rushing by, baby Lily is six months and seems very advanced, can put her dummy in her mouth herself.My babies sucked their thumbs so that was easy .
She is all smiles and seems very sociable ,but all the salesmen and mechanics hold her and she is used to being at work with her mum, in the office.

The puppy is growing fast ,whacking big paws and very bouncy ,wells so young yet it is natural.
I have got Flash Harry a biggish kite ,shaped like The Vulcan ,there are often very strong winds across the Suffolk countryside so he might get a good bit of fun with it.
The old toys have a lot of play value don’t  they.

Strong winds here and they are cold ,sin went fir fish and chips but I could not risk eating any ,had a wobbler this morning ,fluttery heartbeat and fast too but better after a Gaviscon ,so thought F&C were perhaps best avoided.

Nearly all packed up now ,son will take my luggage in the car , I can’t do the long journey now so other son will drive me to Bury Metrolink which goes right in to Manchester Piccadilly , a lift to the main concourse where someone will be waiting to help me to Platform 13 for the train to Ely and a seat .
My tickets are paid for ,I just have to type in  a code and out they pop , from a machine in the main area by the ticket sales point.
Daughter will be waiting at Ely .
It is a year since I last saw them ,well My grandson and family have been up a few times as the children’s other grandma lives not far away,well Radcliffe, Bury.They always visit me too.

Well must get on, packing done as son leaves tomorrow ,I won’t have anything heavy ro carry.
Got a book to read ,dash!I realise I have read it a few years ago ,about Prince Arthur who married  Katherine of Aragon ,but he died and so a few years later Henry VIII married her maftrr looking through the Bible and finding  the passage where it says “ And thou shalt take unto thyself thy brother’s widow”
 then years later finding “ Thou shalt not take unto thyself thy brother’s widow”  whatever suited at the time !
I realised a few pages in I hsd read it before ,but worth a re read.

Cheerio for now.I feel better for a sit down and another indigestion tablet .
Look after yourselves especially those with difficult conditions , I hope you see some good improvement.
Viktoria.

There is no “ magic “in it anymore , but the rarity of presents and new toys  during the year did make Christmas very special ,mind you a new dressing gown and cosy slippers were a very good presents we thought —- children get new toys as a matter of habit it seems nowadays  - eg when in the supermarket for no reason at all.
 Except their amazing mithering skills!

A very dull drizzly day here ,so am doing some Spring cleaning , nothing too heavy ,doors washed down,paint work etc .
It is not a dirty house, but my son comes in for his tea after perhaps working in his house  for an hour or two, well I wish he would wash his hands there!
But no he comes here and washes them,touching doors etc on his way in and the white paint shows up every little mark ,I will have to smack his legs!

At least the gardens are having some refreshment ,the hot sun was a bit too much for young plants .

I had forgotten it was a bank holiday today ,the days and weeks  all run in to one another, not much to mark things except hospital appointments .

Look after yourselves folks ,best wishes for some improvement to those with long term conditions and indeed anyone  not well.
Cheerio, Viktoria.

What nice looking children,was it a school in the country as opposed to a town?
So fresh faced and bonny.
Wonder how many of them served in W.W,1?
Viktoria.