Welcome to the close of March and Easter on the horizon. My past week has been another varied one and I will start with the usual health updates. I did leave a message with Dr. Rahman’s secretary, but as of now, still not confirmed dates for the radiotherapy; I will chase this coming week, with a view of talking to her in person. The discomfort was less this week, so the preceding rise may have been due to my various exertions? Due to other commitments in the past week, I managed 2 walks with timings of 13:31 and 13:18.

Alongside that focus, I began the week with the usual back and forth tweaks with the publishers, around the cover for the WSS Knights Index booklet, still to be completed. This aspect is always like that, with various back and forth - one book took a month of liaison before we had it nailed. In the afternoon, I took my scooter out for a jaunt, but the weather was cooler than it looked, so I did not remain out for long. After lunch I conducted a deep clean of that scooter, ahead of a planned event at the weekend.

Tuesday was an ‘activity’ day that started with another trip to the farm. That was to load 2 vehicles and 1 anti-aircraft gun. They were being picked up by a German collector, another collector from the west country and another well-known UK collector (whom I count as a very good friend). That multi-person pick up required a fair degree of ‘herding the cats’, but pleased to say that everything went well and I was departing the farm at 11:00. Whilst in that area, I covered off a quick, but necessary, scooter related task. In the afternoon, I finished off the garage roof job, undertook 2 more DIY tasks, then cut the grass. Just as I finished that, it started to drizzle - so perfect timing. Wednesday was my usual consultancy day, with Thursday and Friday being book focused days - work on the ‘117’ and also the Münkemer projects.

Saturday morning seen Sandra and I travel to the Worthing area to attend the Worthing Scooter Custom Show; our first time there. I had booked my Vespa in as one of the show scoots. Some great scooters on show and very varied on how each owner has tackled their concept, using the same basic Vespa or Lambretta. My personal favourite was put together by another owner names Peter. His vintage Lammie LD was superb and contained a myriad of period accessories; it rightfully won one of the awards. A nice opportunity to meet many other scooterists and talk about our shared interests, alongside telling people about the story of my scooter and its restoration. Whilst in that area, I managed to find a nice establishment to have an evening meal. That was located within a picturesque gardens and nearby valley walk. We took a short stroll around the gardens, as it was closing soon after we arrived, but then went and enjoyed our meal (yes, ice cream was consumed - 2 varieties by myself……..). The drive down and back, was a pleasant one, through some lovely countryside, but more importantly, gave Sandra and I a nice day together, that covered a variety of enjoyable aspects.

We finished off the week with some chores catch up, then in the afternoon we had some childminding with the grandkids, as Alanna and Dan went out to enjoy a movie and a bite to eat.

Another very varied week, with some key, time-critical, tasks covered off (the group vehicle collections was the - almost - culmination of a 6-month project). Hopefully, those of you reading this, whilst dealing with your own health situations, are seeing that those health impacts do not always mean a halt to enjoying life (I appreciate that some situations absolutely do!). Keep fighting the fight, keep forging ahead and keep trying to enjoy this life. Whilst doing so though, remember the impact of your situation on those closest to you. That impact is very deep, intensely visceral and can take longer to adjust for them, than it does for you. Unless you are literally living alone, without having anyone that cares deeply for you, be mindful of how your personal situation extends beyond you personally.

Thanks for your time with reading and feeding back on these Blogs. I know you find them helpful and I will continue to aim to make them interesting.

Regards, Peter