Four times a year (seasonally) I go to visit a friend. She had some mental health problems several years ago and solved them by buying a small holding in a remote part of the country where she lives very happily with an assortment of animals and visits from people she likes!š
It is a distance from me but fortunately I can fly from my local airport to hers and then a taxi, so itās not difficult except for the baggage.
Now the problem. Well two really.
Obviously sheās not rolling in money and she wonāt take any contribution from me. Up till now Iāve picked up a few bits and pieces before I left the airport but these are luxury things really and I think she needs something that makes more of a contribution to the housekeeping. There is no delivery service to where she lives so getting a supermarket to bring a load of stuff isnāt an option.
Secondly, and more important, Iām beginning to be too old to face the rigours of her life! Last January I did think āI canāt do thisā as I tried to wash in the freezing cold bathroom. She only has a wood burner in the living room to warm the whole cottage, she heats a kettle on there for washing etc. I had two hot water bottles in bed and was still cold in the night. We wear our coats in the house during the day.
Iāve just been for a week and she was planning the after Christmas visit.
Iāll take any practical suggestions to make the visit easier. I really want to keep going. Sheās such fun!
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