Migraine part 3

Ok so I was not going to post about my silly migraine again but today took the biscuit! 


Ok so Migraine still there and its now day 4, so had booked myself into the GP. Appointment was for 10.10am. 


GP said, Migraine's should not last for 4 days and made a phone call. GP then said take this letter down to the hospital and they will need to run a few tests just to be sure. 


I arrived at the hospital at 11am and they booked me in at 11.10am. I was admitted for tests. Being admitted is different to being an outpatient. When you are an outpatient you are free to walk on your own to go to places. When you are admitted you need a porter to wheel you to the room next door! Very irritating as it is my head that is sore not my legs. 


At 11.45 I am greeted by Harriet, Harriet is a medical student. very sweet and lovely but not terribly confident. Harriet conducts a very thorough examination. long discussion about my headache and then proceeds to check the rest of my body including my ankles. (are they puffy/swollen have reflexes). 


Harriet goes away and I go back to the waiting room, technically I have been admitted to a consulting room, although the reality of this is I have been admitted to a waiting room with trips in and out of the consulting room. 


Harriet comes back and takes my blood pressure. I show her which cuff to use and she works out which button to press on the machine (seriously). 


I go back to the waiting room and Harriet returns again with the bloods trolley. I have to admit I was nervous (medical student - needle- me)  while she is finding something I have a glance at my notes. migraine? virus? cranial hypertension? then something I can't read.


 By the time Harriet return's I am too scared to ask. I ask Harriet what the plan is for my tests (I could not read all of that either). Bloods, Urine, ECG, Chest X-ray. I am scared again, I have a headache why do I need an ECG and a Chest X-ray!!! but of course I do not ask, I am also worried that Harriet would not know the answer. 


Ok So now its time for Harriet to attempt to take my blood,  Harriet puts the tourniquet on my arm. I tell her to put it on tighter. She then starts to try to find my vein. Now I have had a great many blood tests in the past 12 months so know my veins quite well. Harriet cant find a suitable vein in the crook of my arm so then attempts to go for the wrist. I point out to Harriet that only Dr's ever want to go for the wrist, Nurses and phlebotomists always manage to find a vein in my arm. I said to Harriet that if she is confident then to give it a try. Harriet tries and fails. The needle either goes straight through the vein or misses it completely either way, its a lot of pain and no blood.   


I then start telling Harriet that its not her its me (yes seriously I did) I said that it is always harder to find a vein on a larger person. Harriet then offer's to find a nurse to try. Nurse comes in gets vein straight away fill's 3 vials job done. 


I then go back to the waiting room and wait. 


and wait, 


I needed a wee, so asked the nurse for a specimen bottle as I know they want a sample later. I am offered a bedpan! I say that at 35 I have a good aim and can manage to pee into a bottle! I fill my sample and there is no nurse to give it too so I put it in my bag! 


and I wait.....


and wait.....


I then go for a chest x-ray. I get wheeled to the x-ray room. (which is just up the corridor) wait..In a room that is the brightest room in the world. Bearing in mind that I have a headache which is made worse by the light. I gets so bad I do put my coat over my eye's. I did not care how I looked I needed some relief. I then get my chest x-rayed (bra off how annoying). 


afterwards I get wheeled back to the waiting area and wait.......


at 3.50pm the consultant comes to see me..... I get prodded and poked and manipulated and have light's shone in my eyes. He say's I need a head CT, to make sure that I have not had a bleed in the head (I am very scared now) apparently there is a link between PCOS and bleeding in the brain. I did not know this!


At 4pm LSP arrives with a new handbag for me (as a get well treat) and we wait.......


and wait, 


and wait, 


at 6pm I have my ECG.........8 leads stuck to my chest and body with the stickiest sticky pads in the world I lie down while its done and that feel's good. It feels good to lie down. I chat to the nurse, she is the Nurse who booked me in at 11.10, She remember's me from when I worked on that department as a student 5 years ago. We talk about the department and the teams and the changes. 


I give her my wee! 


at 7.30pm I have a CT scan....Lying on a table that gets lifted high into the air so my head can get put into the doughnut. I am told to Lie still for 2 minutes. When he said lie still my head wanted to move so much. It took every ounce of me to keep still and breath slowly. 


we go back to the waiting area and wait....


and wait....


at 8pm a Dr comes and tells me I have a migraine. 


I do not have a virus, or a bleed or a swelling, I have a migraine. I am given some drugs and a prescription and am told to take it easy for a few days and if it has not cleared by the end of the weekend to go back to my GP. 


at 8.10 I am discharged! 


9 hours 


9 hours to be told I have, what I thought I had and finally to be given some pain relief as I was not allowed any while I was in there. 9 hours of sitting under bright lights. (a good way of the NHS to save money would be to turn some of those lights off)


However, I am glad. I am glad that I only have a migraine (as painful as it is) I am glad that the doctors wanted to check that there was nothing more sinister wrong with me. I am glad that the NHS is there, my diagnosis today would have cost hundred's of pounds if I were to pay privately. It may have been quicker but no better. 


I now have to put my feet up for a few more day's. Which mean's cancelling my plans for a riotous Saturday!


I will however resume normal blogging, not about silly migraines but about nice bloggy things like knitting and sewing and vintage! 


Thank you for reading, happy Thursday everyone!

How noisy can 1 house be.

Ok so its day number 3 for the migraine,


 its not as bad as yesterday but still worse than Monday. I have booked to see my G.P but they cannot see me till tomorrow. I had pencilled in to have tomorrow off work  to do some more work on arranging fund-raising. However, as my manager was sick last week and I have been sick this week I will be back at work tomorrow unless I am still unwell. either way there will be no organising going on! I will have to try to pull something out of the bag this weekend.  


Light hurts, noise hurts and smell's make me sick. I have decided I live in the worlds nosiest house.


 The dogs snore, the birds are to loud and I can hear all the traffic for miles around. when the dogs are not snoring they are walking round making noises!. The wind howls down the chimney, the rain hits the patio, the wind makes the fan in the bathroom flap. The neighbour's dogs bark. The neighbours walk round their houses. opening and closing doors (how dare they) watching their tv's, sawing wood. (yes my neighbour saw's a lot of wood). One of the neighbours has a strange bird in the garden which makes a strange noise I don't know what it is its just loud! LSP is watching film's wearing headphones (but I can still hear it). 


The smell of, bathroom cleaner, porridge, banana, dog food all make me feel sick. 


I have managed to eat a bit more then yesterday which is encouraging. I have had toast and scrambled egg, a yogurt and some Ritz cracker's. 


I have been writing this post in chunks all day as the screen makes my eye's hurt. 


I have slept for about 4 hours today which is an improvement on yesterday where I  was awake for about 4 hours. 


I have made a cave out of our sitting room, it is the darkest room in the house and the quietest. I have been hauled up on the sofa with lots of cushion's blankets and pillow's. the lights have been kept off and the blinds closed. 

Spaniel and I on the sofa! blankets and cushion's galore! 


Hopefully normal blogging will resume tomorrow!


Happy Wednesday everyone!

migraine

 Today, I have truly done nothing. 


This morning I awoke to a sharp pain in the head and thought to myself, oh no....Then there is the decision of am I well enough to go to work? As I gave the dogs their breakfast and was throwing up at the smell of their dogfood I thought that I should stay home. 


I hate migraine's. It is not just the pain, its the hypersensitivity that goes along with it. I am over sensitive to smell, noise and light.


I went back to bed and put a pillow over my face! its the only way I can cut out the light to my eye's. There I stayed. I have slept most of the day and had some very crazy dreams along the way. 


Even to light from my laptop hurts and it has taken forever to write this. 


The sensitivity to noise feels like the volume has been turned up on the world and each sound jar's through my brain. I have had a day of no TV and no radio. Food makes me feel ill and I have eaten a hot cross bun and 2 slices of toast all day. I have just finished my 2nd slice, whilst my family tuck into sweet and sour chicken. We are all eating in the dark to help my eye's.


I will stay up for a bit but then back to bed again and hope this shifts for tomorrow!


Why am I blogging this? I think its because blogging has become part of my daily routine. 


I don't have time to be ill, there are so many things I should be doing, I have finally found a suitable free pattern for the bunny for my niece! I just need to start it as Easter is fast approaching. 

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Brownie love!

It does not look like much but I did manage to create some very lovely brownie's. (my colleagues thought so).

 It was moist, dense, gooey and very very chocolaty !


I would like to share the recipe with you all. If you are on a diet, just stop reading now as this recipe is not for you!


OK ready, 


1lb caster sugar, 
8oz butter, 
200g 85% coco chocolate (2 bars) 
4 oz flour
2 oz coco powder. 
6 eggs. 


Method:
Cut butter into cubes. 
place in a saucepan over a medium heat with the sugar. 
stir until butter is melted and the sugar is starting to dissolve. 
break up the chocolate into pieces and add to the butter and sugar mix. 
stir until chocolate is melted. 
remove from heat and beat the eggs. 
add the beaten egg and stir then quickly add the flour and coco. 


( Ensure that this all happens quickly and that the mixture is not to hot when you add the egg otherwise you will end up with melted chocolate with scrambled egg. )


turn into a roasting tray lined with greased baking parchment and bake for 40  minutes at 180 degrees. 


Yesterday as I was pot-roasting pork, spatchcocking a chicken and running up the brownie's I realised how happy I am being in the kitchen. I love cooking and especially cooking for other people. It does not have to be a 3 course come dine with me feast. I am just as happy making a large chicken pie with braised red cabbage followed by a home made crumble. Roast dinner a speciality and some yummy cakes and bakes as well. 


However, I am not adverse to opening a pasta sauce and throwing it over some cooked pasta (when I am too tired or too lazy). 


Today has been a bit of a disaster! I awoke with a headache which turned into a migraine type headache.(light sensitive, noise sensitive, non responsive to painkiller's or 4 head+ extra wingey)  The office was very thin on the ground and I had some important meetings to attend so I had to battle through to the end. It was not easy especially my 2 hour meeting in the middle of the day! Yes I have had lots to drink. 


Add to this that the ironing board has broken! we have only had it 2 years! the last one lasted 20! 


I am now lead on the sofa, with the blinds closed in the quiet! LSP and the children have had a day out in Wales (I could not go because of my 2 hour meeting). I am going to enjoy the silence while it lasts! 


Happy Monday everyone!

I have never made chocolate brownies

Its amazing I know! 

I am a chocolate brownie virgin. To be honest I didn't really like chocolate brownie's. Which accounts for why I have never really wanted to make them. 

This all changed at Christmas this year, when my lovely sister in law sent us some gourmet chocolate brownie's as a Christmas gift. 

 They were from blue basil brownies and they were awesome. (this is not a sponsored post) 

I have tried other brownie's since but nothing has come close, so this afternoon I am going to give them a try for the first time. I am looking to achieve a heavy, squidgy, dense and lovely brownie. If it turns out well I will post a photo in tomorrow's blog. 

Happy Sunday everyone!

candlelight evening!

We are sitting here by candlelight for earth hour,  find out about it, here

Its nice having the house illuminated by candles!

hallway

Lounge (there are 2 of these)

Kitchen, 

Bathroom, 

I had a lovely surprise in the post this morning, my spring makes you sing, swap gifts. 

The swap was organised by Jackie at sew special bears. 

I was very very lucky to have Jenna from sew happy geek as my swap partner. she is hugely talented and very generous! Here is the contents of my Parcel this morning! 

1 handmade purse, 1 small handmade bag, 1 large handmade bag, chocolate, ribbons, buttons and some lovely yarn. The quality of her handmade items is amazing. I feel very lucky! 

This was my bundle to Jenna. 

Apart from the I have had a very quiet day, I have had a miserable cough and cold all week and work has been very busy, so the cold had been winning! I took the day to put my feet up, watch TV and take care of me. I had a real TV day! It started with Saturday kitchen then thoroughly  modern Millie, then the boat race which Oxford one (I am a dark blue) ! The Sad thing was that I missed my friends baby shower.

Hope you all had a happy Saturday!  

4 years on.

These are pictures of my mother, she died 4 years ago today. Sometimes it feels like she has been gone 5 minutes, sometimes it feels like she has been gone a lifetime. The pain of losing her has subsided. I no longer feel that ache, that hole where she once was. I can now get through, birthday's Christmas's, mother's days and anniversaries without crying. 

This does not mean I don't think about her or miss her. I do. I have thought about her everyday since she died and I miss her. 

I miss being able to pick up the phone and speak to her, to ask her advice and cooking and knitting, to hear the gossip from the village or to hear the stories that she had told me 100 times before. 

The night she died will be forever imprinted in me, we sat there with her as she died. I am so glad that she was not on her own and she knew that she was loved. 

Tonight we went to her grave and left some tulips for her. 

I Love you Mom. 

  

Bye bye winter.

Spring is here, I think we have all established this.

The skies are blue, the  birds are nesting and the bulb's are blossoming.

 However it is also important to say bye bye to Winter!

 I love spring but also love winter as well. the crisp mornings and the views.

 Winter view's go on for miles. The skeleton tree's without their leaves.

I love the fact I can see through hedgerow's and into streams.

I love the feeling of space. Its best on a frosty morning when the air is crisp and everything has a tinge of white and feels clean.

I love the light as it stream's through and the sun spots as they bounce of the lens of the camera.

I love to watch the birds and squirrels as the scamper through the branches.

However, I also love the way the brown strip of wood's slowly turns to green.

The dusting of may is appearing in the hedgerow's.

I do like spring but I think its ok to miss winter as well.

P.S Just to warn you tomorrow will be a sad blog.

P.P.S I am still not shopping.

P.P.P.S I will be crafting this weekend!

Strange place to eat a Sandwich!

I am still managing to avoid shopping!! Today was quite hard as it was pay day, also my lovely friend bought some lovely thrifty finds today. I was feeling a bit sorry for myself as I have a cold and a sore foot/leg. So I did not want to walk to my favourite park which is up a steep hill. There is a closer park which is quite popular with adults who like to sit in the sun and drink copious amounts of alcohol all day long. Funnily enough I did not fancy sharing a bench with them.

5 minutes from my office is an old graveyard. it is no longer in use but is designated as a nature reserve. I was aware of this and imagined swathes of grass and weed's with bits of stone sticking out here and there.  I could not have been further from the truth.

It was quiet and busy all at the same time, people wandering down the footpath's as a short cut. People walking their dog's and their kids.

I could have done with a more substantial bench!

It was comfy enough for a bite to eat.

I did have some company,

I took lots of pictures of the memorials. This was my favourite.

This was a once beautiful tribute from parents to their 14 year old daughter who died whilst cycling. You can imagine when it was new and the girl statue was intact. an amazing memorial. I will defiantly be back to explore some more and enjoy a peaceful lunch.

!!! Gynaecology !!! part 1

Today's blog is about Gynaecology, if you are having your tea, dinner, supper, breakfast, brunch or lunch. Think before reading on! There are no pictures of anything icky or anything gynaecological so you wont have to do that half peeking thing as you scroll down.

Ok so are we all ready? Then I will begin.

I first became aware of my gynaecological problems aged 19. I was out for a night on the tiles and was dancing the night away in a local nightclub. I became aware of a sudden sharp pain in my tummy. The next thing I was aware of were the ambulance men. I had passed out in the middle of the dance floor. That was the end of my night out!!!

They established that there was a Cyst on my left ovary. They scheduled me in to have it operated on the next day. I was told it was a simple and quick operation that would be done via keyhole surgery. When I recovered several hours later I was informed that while they were having a look around they discovered I had endometriosis .  Endometriosis is where cells that are similar to the cells that line the womb grow elsewhere in the body. They used a laser to remove all of the cells they could see.

In a follow up appointment I was told that I also had symptoms of poly cystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and If I wanted to have children it would be a good idea to have them now.

Yes that is how it was delivered to me, the information that I would have difficulty in conceiving and it would be best to get it out the way now If I wanted to have children.

Well, at 19 I was not the reasonably well adjusted and settled person I am now. I was 19.

At 19 I was in the most disastrous and destructive relationship of my life. We could not have coped with a kitten let alone a baby!

One of the difficult things about Gynaecology is that it all gets lumped in to women's health. You are there finding out about your fertility and walk out amongst a sea of pregnant women with bumps of all sizes.

Fertility  is something that most people take for granted , everywhere you look there are babies and children. Conception happens all the time- sometimes with careful planning but also by accident.

Why am I thinking about this today? Today I had a Gyne appointment, and I was discharged.

Does this mean I am cured? no,  there is no cure for PCOS or for endometriosis. I am just NFA- No further action. I will share more of my tales from the world of  gynecology in the future.

This is why I am supporting the Genesis Research Trust

If you want to know more about the challenge I am undertaking click on,  The start of amazing journey

There is a bird in the dining room!

"There is a black bird in my dining room! 

I have just ran from my dining room, screaming ITSABIRDITSABIRDITSABIRD!!!!!"

This was OD's (older daughter's)facebook status an hour ago. I was halfway across town having not finished work till after 6pm. 

This is not the first time we have had a bird down the chimney, however this was the first time I was not here. OD and LSP dealt with it on their own. 

This is the story as played out on facebook: 

OD: There is a black bird in my dining room! 

     I have just ran from my dining room, screaming ITSABIRDITSABIRDITSABIRD!!!!!

LSP:Given that you had just left the room with the gerbil, I was somewhat confused!

OD:poor tiff.. (Tiffany is the gerbil)  

LSP: Well you did abandon her to the swooping jackdaw!

ME:  Is it out of the room or waiting for me to get home? (I love facebook on my mobile)

LSP: it  has left the building via window, after swooping down on the gerbil who is now in hyper alert attack mode and has not been pacified    by treats, we can't find the adele cd and the dogs are seeking attention, think I will go back to work lol xxx, when you home?

ME:  Lol, is the wine ok?

LSP: all good though might need a dust! x

Me: Lol, I only dusted it last night! When OD was screaming its a bird, did you think she had learned magic and transformed tiff?

LSP:no I just though she had lost it to be honest  lol

Friend: lol - I miss family life!

This is mating season for Jackdaw's. However I am not sure what part of the mating ritual involves throwing themselves down our chimney's. They like to alternate between the sitting room and dining room. We have attempted to get someone to put a cage over but they keep letting us down. 

the first time a jackdaw came down it was while we were on holiday. We returned home late and put the children to bed (they were you young then. We had loaded up the washing machine and were getting ready for bed ourselves when we heard scrabbling in the chimney. this was in the sitting room where we have a woodburning stove. 

(this was Christmas)

All we could do was open the hatch next to the stove and hope the bird would see the light and come down. We went up to bed with finger's crossed. Very early the next morning there was a knock at the bedroom door. YD (youngest Daughter) popped her head round the door and said "there is a bird in the sitting room" We said, oh ok just go back to bed and we will sort it out. We went downstairs and managed to get it to fly out the window. YD was very confused, not just about the bird but also about our not excited response! 

from the earlier facebook conversation, you may have been confused when I asked LSP about the wine! Well our other fireplace does not contain a fire any more it contains our wine rack. 

 Which I did only dust last night..... oh well, happy Monday everyone!!!

How to break into a bike lock!

My main mission today was to undertake a 25km training cycle. I mentioned this in a blog earlier on this week.

I did not. I have managed to free the bikes from the shed. This was some achievement. We bought a combination lock so we would not loose the key, this was all good until the combination did not work! It was the right combination (yes really) but still it would not open. We tried to borrow and buy some bolt cutters to no avail! So armed with my garden tools I attempted to get through the twisted metal rope. luckily it was not a chain chain rather a plastic covered twists of metal.

I started with my long handled lopper's and slowly managed to get through the outer shield and slowly start to get through the wires. Once this was no longer working I switched to my trusty secateurs and slowly piece by piece. I managed to get through the wires. By the time I had got through I had wasted an hour and my hands were sore and I was so fed up of looking at my bike I had lost my desire to go cycling!

If you are a wannabe bike robber. I would suggest bolt cutters and wire cutters not garden tools!

So what did I do instead?

Shopping and Cooking!

The shopping was, food shopping! Well mine was!

This was LSP's trolley!

The flowers were for me!
After Tesco Our eldest daughter wanted to go to TK maxx!

I was so good. I did not buy anything, yes I was tempted, but still managed come out empty handed and keep to my not shopping for lent! Even though there were some tempting display's.

This afternoon I cooked a full roast, I used to do one every week but now the children are older and busy most weekends they are a rare treat.

It tasted great! proper roast. chicken, stuffing, roasties, yorkies, carrots and a green veg medley! Followed by a bought black forest gateaux!

Despite not cycling it has been a wonderful, weekend, lots of sun, lots of outdoor time. bliss made it worth working for the week! Hope you all have a happy week!

sunny spring day!

Wow, what a great day! Sheets on the line and out in the garden!

We had wonderful blue sky........

which the dogs and I enjoyed....

Most of the gardening was sheer manual labour, cutting back bushes and tree's and wrecking my shears by trimming metal!

This evening I tried to get a good picture of the megamoon.......However I could not manage it. lots of pictures of the moon but none of them blogworthy!

Hope you all had a good Saturday!

I am blushing!

Wow, I am Blushing. My very good friend over at Flora and Purl awarded me the versatile blogger award.  

She is a wonderful friend who inspired me to start a blogging by writing such wonderful blogs with lovely photographs chronicling her life. She has great crafting talent, loves vintage and gardening and being a good mummy (which she is).


Ok so I now have to tell you 7 random facts about me......


1) I have 2 tattoo's.


2) The greatest thing I have made was a prom dress for my youngest daughter.


3) I had a racehorse named after me when I was a child,


4) I have a collection of vintage hats from the 1950's.


5) I miss my mum everyday  ( she died 4 years ago next Friday) I also miss my Dad who died 8 years ago.


6) I once streaked naked across a hillside. (I was 18) I am immensely proud of this as I would never be as uninhibited again. 


7) I am lucky, I have the most wonderful, beautiful and amazing partner who puts up with my fads, hobbies and fancy's. Whom I love more everyday.  Thank you LSP.

I would like to pass this award onto the following blog's. 


Bee Happy , wonderful, happy cheery blog with wonderful finds!


days of nais, shopping, sewing, baking, gardening. lovely!


the further adventures of a thrifty mrs, brilliant blog! 


sew special bears, amazing handmade teddy bears and a fab blogger


tea and crumpets vintage, great style, lovely vintage pieces.


Thank you all for stopping by, if you want to know more about my cycle ride click here. start of an amazing journey

spreadsheets and comic relief!

My day off of work has been spent attached to my laptop with a telephone at my ear.

I have one fund-raiser booked for April and a provisional for June. there will be lots of little things in-between and a lot of hard work. However it will all be worth it!

In April we will be having a quiz and a raffle. I am meeting a nice man from  Tesco at the weekend who will be donating some eggs for our raffle!

I have spread sheets and documents open all over the place and have 8 tabs open for the Internet.
Fund raising is hard! Luckily there are 3 of us doing it.

its all %%%%%%! ok so if this is the cost price per head, what % can we raise per person? how much can I expect to raise from the raffle? This would be fine if I was any good at figures! Hence the mass  of spreadsheets.

It will all be worth it! I am looking forward to our cycle at the weekend.

As well as sorting out fundraising and pottering round the house, I have had Chris Moyles on all day. I had to forgo my women's hour day off treat. Chris Moyles is like a sausage and egg McMuffin, a guilty pleasure!

He is like Marmite, you either love him or hate him. He and Dave have just raised over 1,000,000 for comic relief as they have been going for 37 hours and will be keeping going till they reach 52 hours of broadcasting.

Well done Chris and Dave 

Day off tomorrow!

Day off tomorrow!!!!

I love having day's off, I usually like to have lunch with friend's or to go shopping.

Not this time though. I am meeting with my friends after work on Friday as there is a leaving do!
Tomorrow will be organising fund-raising and doing some work from home!

As you are aware we are doing this charity bike ride in November, the charity part of this includes raising a lot of money!!! Tomorrow, I will be arranging some events! contacting people for Donation's and prizes. etc. 

I am going to start off slow with an Easter Egg raffle!!!

I will be contacting chocolate selling shops asking them to donate some egg's.

Then go round all of my friends and start selling the tickets!

Well I will post my progress tomorrow!!

Tired Tuesday

Today is a tired Tuesday. I am sat at home in my house dress, with my laptop on my knee waiting for my dinner.  I love my house dress, its a vintage style ankle length patterned cotton dress, its so comfy, but not a nightie which means I can answer the door without embarrassment.

I have managed my 10000 steps today and had a lovely walk to the park.

This is only a 15 minute walk from my office....

I sat down and ate my sandwiches whilst watching toddler's and squirrels.... note to self, take nuts next time (for the squirrel's not the toddler's). Unfortunately the light today was not as good as yesterday so the pictures are quite bland. No point in posting the plant pics as they are uninspiring!

This was quite fab though,

I have managed to pour over the map's and arrange a ride for the weekend. LSP and I are going for a 25 Km   gentle bike ride. Its going to be 12.5 km there, stop and have a drink and then cycle back. It should be fairly gentle as there are only a few small hill's. We hope to be cycling most weekends as well as some in the week once the night's get lighter. We still need to keep hitting the gym, to help build core stability!

We have had some offers of help for fund raising which is great. I need to crack on with writing this cook book, so if anyone has any great cake recipes  to share I would appreciate it.

Hope you all had a good Tuesday, I will be off to bed soon night all.....