Peter: My mother died in February: I conducted the funeral service as I had for my father six years before. For me it was a therapeutic experience to be able to do something practical at a sad time. Goodbye, too, to Suttons Lane, Mum’s home for 64yrs.Still working- cussedness survived the office politics with http://www.learndirect.co.uk and 55th birthday retirement on 31 July next looks increasingly attractive for which now have a my-height reclining chair; doesn’t really look like a commode, does it?
Canalling: Another 8 trips – and almost 11 weeks afloat – some wet! Leeds and back via Wigan completes the three Pennine crossings in three years. We have Odyssey for Xmas and Copperkins for New Year: think of us in the ice!
