Send in the Cavalry!

We were doing so well!! John has managed to stay relatively healthy for a good while but this morning admitted he had a sore throat!! He’d done a Covid test just in case, but that came back negative, so fingers crossed it’s not that.

We had planned to go to the Warwick Races today, but we took our time to get going this morning, so I wondered if he wanted to go? “Yes,” he said, putting his Mr Determined face on, “Yes, I do. Come on, I’m ready.” Oh, OK. So we set off.

We actually had a lovely day all of us together at the races with the Kenilworth contingent. It took us a while to actually get into the race course however, as there seemed to be millions of people all queuing for the same event. But we finally made it and found a great spot to watch from.

Naturally, we put some bets on and one or two of the family had winnings and came out up, but we didn’t – we were several pounds the poorer, but it was very good fun, so we didn’t mind at all.

We failed to get a full complement of the family in a photo but here’s a few of them looking happy!!

We stayed pretty much all day and got home just after five o’clock. By then, John was beginning to feel very tired and a bit rough, so I made him a cuppa and he had a snooze on the sofa.

We were just finishing our jacket potato about seven-ish, when a car drew up on the drive. And who should be? It was Andrew!! Yay! He’d come home to bring a few things ready for his leaving Cambridge next week. He has decided on a change of scene after working so very hard at Midsummer House, and he’s going to see where life takes him next. We might have a lodger for a little while……

John stayed up to spend some time in Andrew’s company but was soon on his way up to bed. I am hoping that he’ll feel better tomorrow but he’s not great at the moment – might have to send in the cavalry to improve him before our planned trip away to Cornwall next week…… wish us luck!

Take care everyone. God bless.