Two weeks coming up soon. Mostly staycation. We'll go up to see the boy in Chicoutimi for a couple of days and take the scenic route back down the fjord, probably with a stopover in Quebec City. The rest will be local tourism. We've been here for nine years and there is still a lot of stuff we haven't seen yet.

That will be followed by trips to the UK, Quebec City and New York (at least for me).

All plans are provisional and subject to when my SIL carks.

I'm heading to Kingston for a few days on my own to recover from the inevitable nervous breakdown this latest conference will cause me.

Then Labour Day weekend Ben and I are hoping to go to Martha's Vineyard or somewhere in that vicinity

I don't don't go on holiday here as there's bugger worth seeing as it all looks the same. HID had pissed off somewhere for a few weeks to see another shrewdness of relatives I have no intention of ever meeting. Any time off will be spent filling my freezer while slowly fattening my liver.

I like "a shrewdness of relatives". Can you translate into French for me?

Ooo, ooo, ooo, eee eee eee.

In 2 weeks its off to Scotland for a couple of weeks then a week in Spain

Thank you, I think I'll be having my summer holidays there.

Could someone, Millie?, DandH? who actually speaks french, comment on the Apple translators guess, "Une astuce de parents".

Obviously parents is not quite right. But "une astuce"?

I don't get to go on holidays as I am on disability recovering from a repair to my rotator cuff for 12 weeks, (half done now). Luckily all parties agreed I could go recover flyfishing in the Okanagan so long as I don't hurt myself. My physiotherapist said if I can learn to cast with my left arm I'm good to go but I have to be careful climbing up and down the rocks. Because she is beautiful I will do anything to please her making my treatment more effective. This is my 5th operation in 4 years and I believe the most enjoyable recovery period so far. It still hurts, but because I've been quite sore the last few nights I treated myself to 300 mg of Tramadol Hydrachloride and that smooths out a few bumps. It's possibly as close to being on holidays while being on disability that one could be and I deserve every stitch of it.

Grands singes?

My condolences in advance.

Oh top hole old boy.

We're just completing our summer hols...currently in a hotel @ LHR before flying back tomorrow. Three and a half weeks variously in Norfolk, Staffs, Kent & London. Bloody cold the first week but glorious weather since then. I had a week working in London whilst the wife and kids did the tourist thing. That worked surprisingly well.

The big hit of the holiday though was undoubtedly Bressingham & in particular the Galloper!

I could have written this cos snap!

LOL - we have just done the opposite trip .... Waterton, Kalispell, Post Falls, Spokane, Okanagan and then home on Sunday. We may have passed you somewhere en route!!

It was wonderful ... two weeks of heavenly weather and scenery.

J

Bressingham is my local garden centre, I do like having a browse round there, and they've got a very nice cup-of-tea shop. I have never actually been into the steam museum though, for shame.