Don't really feel like going on holiday.....

janerowena have you got room to take Mr Gaga with you? He and your DH could go off and do their activities whilst you relax. You are welcome to borrow him! He is house-trained and quite a good holiday companion really - just can't chill!

Instructed OH to buy a telepeage tag, asked why we hadn't bought one before, he shuffled about a bit and said he resented the charge! Ye Gods. One of my major annoyances and he begrudges the fee. Men. We are having one. Reminded him that I was the one frantically sorting euros into small piles lined up in the correct order along the dashboard to hand over and praying I wouldn't drop them, and threatened to go on strike.

Gagagran, no. Just no. It would be like taking two overexcited toddlers abroad. Mine never knows how to pace himself and gets irritable. By the time he accepts that he is no longer 30, it is too late. My friend near Nantes is getting a bit anxious, she remembers our last day trip there - a trip to a massive garden, followed by a tour of the cathedral, then lunch, then shopping at a vast indoor food market followed a visit to the Ile de Machines which took three hours. I have promised that we shall find a quiet cafe and hide for a few hours.

Mishap, have a lovely holiday!
Yesterday was the day we should have gone away, but after the way my body`s behaved after a disastrous trip into town this morning, I`m so pleased that we cancelled.

Janerowena, point out to him that he would get the telepeage charge back in petrol the first time he got stuck stuck in a major jam without it. The queue for some of them can be half an hour in peak holiday times. You also get a great deal of satisfaction when someone charges past you and you then glide away from the booth before they do!
Have a lovely time Mishap, we are spending a couple of days in Brittany for our anniversary next week. (The joy of living here, you just get in the car and go.)

Oh alright then Janerowena I'll keep him here. Another good idea bites the dust!

Have a lovely holiday! Find "missions" for DH to go on (sometimes works for me when I come up with a good one) and find a really quiet cafe to hide away in.

number Have PMd you re sciatica! x

Hope mishap is ok and feeling a bit better...

Mamie thanks, that tipped the balance and he has given in gracefully, we did have to wait a few times last time and I think we had both forgotten that.

Yes gagagran. The morning run to the bakery usually buys me a few precious minutes in which to gather my wits about me and do a little plotting re how to get out of various things.

Number - sorry your back is playing up. It's no fun gorwing older!

We are hoping to catch the night ferry at Plymouth tonight; having to change route as Severn bridge closed. I have decided not to call in and see my Dad in Devon on the way - they all have colds there, and it is just one more emotional challenge - enough, enough! We will see him on the way back when we plan to spend 2 nights in his bungalow and will visit him in the home then, after sorting his belongings ready for the bungalow sale.

Good luck with hyperactive hubbies! - perhaps they could come and ginger mine up!! His main desire will be to lie around indoors - what go out???!!! Heaven forbid! I shall see what I can do!!

Good luck Mishap. SO hope you have a lovely time!

Bon voyage Mishap. A gentle pootle down to Morbihan from Roscoff should be fine, so try not to worry too much about it.

Hope you get chance to relax Mishap good luck

Well- here we go. Car is packed and I am about to shut down computer for next two weeks.

Bless you all for your kind support of this tired lady!

Update!

We went - and we are back.

Holiday had its ups and downs; including a lot of bad weather and unsuitable accommodation (slippery ladder stairs!) so we had to move on elsewhere - but we made the best of the bad bits and enjoyed the good. I managed all the driving OK. I did a lot of sitting around reading in a lovely wooded garden where we were staying and OH even managed some short bike rides along the canal towpath!!!!

Then on the way home we visited Dad in his residential home and set about clearing out his home. He is being very well cared-for by some very kind people, which is a huge relief. But he is no longer my Dad really and it is sad to see. He is barely mobile with a frame. a bit muddled, and he dribbles a lot. I think that we have the best possible situation we can given his disabilities and I am very grateful indeed to the lovely staff in the home.

I will start to catch up on the forum now - lots to look back on. And many thanks for all the lovely pms - very gratefully received.

Hello Mishap. Nice to see you back again. Hope it wasn't too traumatic having to change accommodation. The wooded garden and the bike rides sound lovely though.

Hopefully you will get a bit of nice summer weather to enjoy now you are back again.

You missed nothing while you were away. It's been very quiet.

Good to see you back mishap The good bits sound perfect. jingle is right nothing much been going on here, been pretty boring in fact.

(Even J0 has been good!)

Sitting around in a wooded garden sounds just what you needed. I hope you had more ups than downs and are feeling a little refreshed.

It is sad that your dad is getting more poorly. Sad to have to stand by and not be able to fix it for him and make things like they were. He's in a good place though and you're all doing your best.

I'm back as well!
Very mixed holiday. Loved Norway! Iceland and the Faroes were spectacular scenery but bloody cold!
silver travel adviser have asked me to do an article for them on my trip.
I've almost finished it and hope to get it to them this week!

GNHQ you might want to see it as they asked me through you?

Good to see you back GALEN will you be doing a GN blog?

Mishap and Galen Welcome back, and I do hope things pick up for you now Mishap and some wouldn't go amiss.

Welcome home to you both.

Good to see you both back, safe, sound and invigorated.

Welcome back both of you! Galen yes please!

Was wondering how it went, Mishap, and glad to hear it wasn't too bad.

Welcome back to both of you It hasn't been the same without you.

Probably more peaceful.

But no! You still had Jingle and Frank

So all in all, it wasn't as bad as you feared? I hope mine is the same. I'm still at the fear stage. So sorry about your Dad. It's hard to see.