My main health situation remains pretty much uneventful over the past week. I did get another 3 walks in with times of 12:41 then 13:01 (that one felt quicker than the first one - but evidently not!) and finally 12:42. May seem odd to some of you that a health Blog contains not a lot of detail on my health, but that is the stage I am at right now. It allows me to focus on normal things, until the health side of things comes to the fore once more; I trust that is okay with those of you who are regular readers.

Sandra’s had her first full week of full time work, which went well and she was not too tired by the end of it. Both of us went out to a local Tudor-era castle and gardens on Sunday for a couple of hours. We went to the top of one part of the castle and on the way back down, Sandra went down the steps on her own, without any aid / leaning on me. That is the first time in decades and I had a small emotional moment whilst walking down those steps. Us pushing ahead with Sandra’s operation was not a light one, despite its medical necessity. There was also a consideration around her being in a better health situation after my time is up; those multiple thought processes rushed through my head at that exact moment.  

During this past week was when I returned my car to the Renault dealership. This is the first time I have gotten to a point like that and it was odd. From my perspective, shame on Renault UK for giving me a ‘nothing to see here’ response to the technical query I wrote to them about, with their own evidence which proved it is a problem that many others are contacting them about. I am also glad not to have to spend time talking to that dealership again, as their attitude was similar to Renault. Companies that are happy to take your hard earned, but are woefully inadequate when their customers run into issues. I have begun a new car hunt, but still undecided as to which way to go.

I made a concerted push on the last of the individual formations summaries for V7, then started the grouping of where each formation was, both for the chapter construction, then later on, the maps needed. Some clean up to be done, before I do the maps, but a great stage to reach. I also put together my slides for next week’s presentation of the Fritz Witt book at the Battles Through History show in Ardingly, southern England.

The final event of the past week was the most notable, that of my son Karl’s returns to Kent. Having lived in Cornwall for the past 6-months, enjoying what it had to offer, the draw of the family was too much. He decided a few weeks back to make the move back to Folkestone. Since then he has been putting the various elements in place, which included being able to transfer to a Kent branch of the national company he works for. That branch is even larger than the one he worked at in Cornwall and his new management team has already discussed the additional training courses they want him to undertake. Rachel and him remained in touch during those 6-months and they will continue with their life together too. It is great to have him back, knowing he made what he feels are the right decisions at this stage for him, after weighing up all factors involved; this week’s image is of Karl and I, taken minutes after he arrived back, late on Friday night.

Thanks for the continued interest in my weekly updates on life in the AD world.