Testing the water for a "Northern mini-national"

I'd have to get 'digs' for the night.....! Elizabeth1 and I went to The Rosehip for lunch on the day that we were meeting with Elegran, baubles, Bags and grannygreyhips for tea at the National Gallery! We ate far too much lunch and couldn't manage the tea....! Unusual for us both, as we have very healthy appetites !

Marelli you could come and join us.

Love The Rosehip! Lovely staff, good food, and a great selection of whiskies, should one feel so inclined! The disabled loo is spacious and not far to walk to across the restaurant.

Book it! I can manage a 3min walk, will take me longer with stops, but, hey ho!
(Of course I expect you lot to carry me back)

'Swing low, sweet chariot'

Scots wha hae!

galen
I have had this reply from The Rosehip

Hello there. We have a disabled ramp and disabled toilet all on the same ground floor. Please just advise when booking that you require to be seated in the downstairs disabled friendly area and we will be delighted to help.
With best wishes,
Rupert.

Here is a link to The Rosehip Moomin gillybob its just around the corner about a 3min walk, what do you think?

The Rosehip

Here is a link to their Facebook page if you want to check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rosehip/271460779598434?fref=ts

If anyone would like to join us let me know and I will add to the numbers.

Glass that place sounds great! I can have haggis! Either as a starter or a main! Or even both

(I DO love a haggis!

And it will be St Andrew's night!

Oh Elegran what a horrible thing to happen, I hope you heal quickly. Have more

Of course there is a GN anthem

It's the suffragettes march!

Shout, shout, up with your song
Swing ye along for the dawn is breaking
March, March, etc ----------

No pain if I keep quite stil, Pittcity but it does squeak and wake me up if I move a little in my sleep.

The finger and hand are already less swollen than they were to start with, and the purple is fading into more subtle hues. My shoulder looks exactly as it has always looked. The wrenched muscles and ligaments are alll hidden under a good layer of padding.

Hoping you are not in too much pain Elegran.
Did I see the words song sheets in your earlier post? If I did then you will know pain with my awful singing!
Is there a gransnet anthem?

This was more than a hair, it was a chunk of cast iron.

Thanks Moomin If I sit about unmoving it does not hurt. But how much of the time is that possible?

Just caught up with t'internet today - what awful luck Elegran, hope you are coping OK one-handed and you are not in too much pain

As someone who can trip over a human hair :-

Someone once remarked that this is a first world country with third world roads. Our pavements are fourth world at least.

Ah we have magic yellow lines instead. They paint them round hazards and hope the magic will magic them away

The normal reaction of our concil to reports is to reply thanking you and saying that something will be done immediately. A team goes out and places a traffic cone at the hazard, then nothing more happens.

You must report manhole cover even if you don't want to make a claim, someone else will fall if it is not corrected.

Oh poor you Elegran . I was thinking the same as Galen never mind the floppy boobies, can you lift a glass okay?

Thanks glass

Tegan I certainly intend to report that hazard.Will think about claiming, but it could be too much hassle.

Should you get a photo of the man hole cover and make a claim against the council?

elegran ouch, you will be aching in places you hadnt realised you had hurt.
Yes let us know if we can help with anything. Right off to look at restaurants.

Just come back to thread after DD and SiL have been in with picnic lunch and help with various things. As they got into car they met Him Next Door and have passed on the news. He has mimed drinking and falling over to me through the window but I assure you I was stone cold sober, more than can be said for several customers at A&E last night. Tonight will be different. I shall have a drop to help me sleep.

Galen I have found that I can do a lot of things left-handed so drinking should be a doddle. What is two? I must be thick today

Marelli Friday night in A&E quite peaceful until 11.30 then a chap supported between two pals, side of face all grazed. They propped him into chair then went over to reception to book him in. Then one came back to ask "Jeff, what is your surname?. After that, several groups the worse for wear. No-one obstreperous. Yes, can type left hand but slowly.

Ya Ya Jen Glad my hair is short, will wash it in shower if I can manage shower.

Bra - I already put it on like that. It is the one-handed bit that will be tricky. Slept in it last night to avoid the problem, but can't keep doing that.

G23 Thank you. When my brain is functioning better I shall see what can be passed to anyone else to do. Fairly well organised, just timings, balance of money, finalising and printing some song sheets and game sheets, and finding another talk plus a spare in case of disaster. No-one said how long in the sling. Think I will look online for info.

Why do things always happen at the most inconvenient times?

Ouch, ouch! elegran. I still have to fasten my bra in front and drag it round, since both shoulders are arthritic. I have tried front-fastening bras but they turned out not to give much support. Take it easy and do what you're told and let's hope you heal quickly.

Commiserations! Try www.needundies.com/front-fastening-bras.html for bras to suit - they even have ones that close with poppers. M & S, Damart etc. also have front closing bras.

How long are you liable to be still in the sling? Anything we can do to help with preparations for the meet-up?

Most important, can you drink left handed?