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A bit of a "Roller-Coaster" Week !!
Sep. 29th, 2011 05:40 pmLast week our friend Lynne said she would take us out for Fish & Chips at a local favourite "Big Catch" for my Birthday, and we arranged to go last Friday evening........... after being picked up by her in her car we were "hi-jacked" and taken to a local pub where I was caught out by a "Surprise" party !! .........It was actually a huge "Shock" party and took me some time to regain my composure ! (pictures to follow). Franco hadn't been let in on the secret, so I had no warning signs at all.
I knew Franco had arranged for a couple of days away as a "Surprise" Birthday treat as I was to meet him at Victoria train station on Monday evening....... however, just after 9am on Monday morning my sister rang to say that my mother was unwell and she was going to see her....... it ended up with her being hospitalised, though by late afternoon she had improved remarkably and all the signs were that it wasn't a(nother) stroke, so it was decided we would still go on our trip, as it was a UK destination and I could return quickly if necessary.
Since then Mum has continued to improve and she was hoping to be discharged today, however, they were keen on her staying another 24 hours for observation and further tests. In the meantime, I've been undecided about booking train tickets to go up north "to be there", and feeling somewhat guilty about thinking twice about it as we have a lot of social and resident's association stuff going on right now, etc..... But having now chatted to mother I think "we're" leaving it that I'll go up as already planned in a couple of weeks.... unless anthing else changes.
So, anyway, the "Surprise" trip was to Arundel in West Sussex, and it was just SO lovely, in fact fantastic !! ......with afternoon tea booked at Amberley Castle (now a 5* hotel) one stop on the train away on Tuesday.......... again, (loads of) photos will follow......
But in the meantime, a couple of photos from the trip of the absolutely wonderful man, Franco (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
london1967), who makes my life so fantastic every day !!
I knew Franco had arranged for a couple of days away as a "Surprise" Birthday treat as I was to meet him at Victoria train station on Monday evening....... however, just after 9am on Monday morning my sister rang to say that my mother was unwell and she was going to see her....... it ended up with her being hospitalised, though by late afternoon she had improved remarkably and all the signs were that it wasn't a(nother) stroke, so it was decided we would still go on our trip, as it was a UK destination and I could return quickly if necessary.
Since then Mum has continued to improve and she was hoping to be discharged today, however, they were keen on her staying another 24 hours for observation and further tests. In the meantime, I've been undecided about booking train tickets to go up north "to be there", and feeling somewhat guilty about thinking twice about it as we have a lot of social and resident's association stuff going on right now, etc..... But having now chatted to mother I think "we're" leaving it that I'll go up as already planned in a couple of weeks.... unless anthing else changes.
So, anyway, the "Surprise" trip was to Arundel in West Sussex, and it was just SO lovely, in fact fantastic !! ......with afternoon tea booked at Amberley Castle (now a 5* hotel) one stop on the train away on Tuesday.......... again, (loads of) photos will follow......
But in the meantime, a couple of photos from the trip of the absolutely wonderful man, Franco (
london1967), who makes my life so fantastic every day !! 
