Day of rest

[tinyjo]

07:45. Alarm goes off. We struggle and manage to force ourselves out of bed within 10 mins or so. Both shower, dress, wrap Alex's mum's present.

09:00. Leave house. Bike to St Clements and catch Oxford Tube.

11:00. Arrive at Victoria. No District or Circle line. No change. Buy 2 (by mistake - meant 1) caramel fudges. Buy bus ticket. Bus to Charing Cross. No trains at Charing Cross. Bus to Victoria. No change again. Buy bottle of diet coke. Buy tickets to Petts Wood. No trains to Petts Wood.

12:00. Get on train to Bromley South.

12:25. Get off train. Meet Jo & Ben (Alex's sister and boyfriend). Go to lunch with Alex's family then home for present unwrapping. Check availability of trains for next bit.

16:43. Get on train at Mottingham to London Bridge. Get on Jubilee line to Willesden Green. Get on rail replacement bus to Northwick park. Find way from drop off point of bus to hospital.

18:30. Visit Granddad in hospital. Distract him from his dinner; dirty looks from nurse.

19:15. Leave Granddad. Go to front of hospital to look for direct bus to Hillingdon. Try to order taxi to Hillingdon. Give up and trek back to station. Wait in cold for rail replacement bus. Get on rail replacement bus to Harrow on the Hill. Get Metropolitan line to Hillingdon. Wait for Oxford tube. Decide to investigate car clubs.

20:30. Oxford tube arrives. Get on and eat caramel fudges and drink coke.

21:40. Back at St Clements. Bike home.

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That was Sunday. On Monday I was feeling ill enough with my cold to go home at lunchtime and here I am at home still. I might manage to work from home this afternoon, but I'm not promising anything.

Comments

[t--m--i.livejournal.com]

Surprised you didn't rent a car like you did for your Xmas trip.

[littlegreenboat.livejournal.com]

Sounds grim! Hope you get better soon.
- and let me know what u find out about car clubs? I read about them a year or so ago: they sounded fascinating, though some of them are better for really short local trips than for day trips out of town.
Hope lovely cat is being comforting...

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Well, we haven't done up until now for trips to London because I'm nervous about driving in London - I don't know any of it really - but I think next time we will be!

oh, crumbs

[vinaigrettegirl.livejournal.com]

[Hebridean Calvinist] It's the Lorrrrd's judgemnt on you for travelling on the Sabbath. I've always said nae gude can ever come of travelling on the Sabbath. [/Hebridean Calvinist].

Seriously, I hope you feel much better very soon.

Has this interfered with your Brownie pack commitments? (I ask because I am toying with the idea of responding to a recent plea in the local rag for more leaders: how's that gig going? How much time are you spending a week on it? Do you have to work weekends?)

Re: oh, crumbs

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Has this interfered with your Brownie pack commitments?

Nope - with Brownies on Friday it was the other end of the week. I definitely don't work weekends, although I might if I was doing Brownies on a Monday. I generally do an hour or so the evening before and then 2 or 3 hours at work the afternoon before :) I think about it in between times though and I have previous guiding experience - if you've never done it at all, you might need to allow more planning time to begin with.

If you are thinking of getting involved though, I recommend it - I find it very rewarding indeed and both local guiding and the parents at my pack have been very supportive. If you've got any questions do feel free to ask me - comment or email is fine.