Thank you for your concern and also for some of the useful ideas.
I know that it was a mistake to want to go [ this time ], but there really are very few people with the requisite skills and even fewer who want to go out there.
I am sure that this sounds very arrogant, but in reality, it is just because over many years, I have found myself in a few of the worlds trouble spots.
I am also aware that I am not likely to get any fitter, so that in a fairly short time, I will feel that it is time to stop. Maybe, I was subconsciously thinking, that this might be my last trip.
It is a shame that more doctors do not want to do this work, but modern training is much shorter and more prescriptive and does not allow people to wander all over the world as I did.
The fact that the work is unpaid, inevitably limits the number of people who are able to contemplate it and most UK hospitals will no longer give staff unpaid leave.
Congratulations on your job WW, I hope you will be happy in it.
Stay warm and safe.
OH is working from home today, as road is totally blocked. [ hooray ]
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Pdoc ... glad that you're home safe and sound ... and that your OH is safe at home too ... the roads are no fun here either. Two cars have been abandoned on our little slope so far this morning ... someone once said Norfolk is flat ......... not this bit!!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
the shocking weather has us concerned for you all. Storm conditions here too
Punk glad you didn’t go, I saw a documentary once about someone with your skills doing video links and advising on surgery could you follow this route?
i see we are due for “shut down” stay safe and let’s look forward to it being Spring when we meet again!
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
It's surprisingly bright in my house at the moment (in a brief lull in the snow), because of the reflected light... it's also hard to tell how much has fallen because the wind is whipping it into drifts. Not that it matters, really, provided I can persuade OH that it would be really foolish to drive to St Anne's and back for a rehearsal later on today.
Do robins call a truce when the weather is really bad? Or are the 3 robins on the fat cake related?
Punkdoc, looks like hibernation is the best plan for you and Moira at the moment...
Hosta, your lake picture is stunning!
Lyn, I could post you some snow from here - it would probably still be frozen when it arrives, at this rate! Our milkman struggled valiantly up the steps this morning, and the bottles are now on the worktop until the milk thaws.
LilyP, we feel for you...
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Hi all.
Got home yesterday evening.
Now have deep snow and a blizzard.
Thank you for your concern and also for some of the useful ideas.
I know that it was a mistake to want to go [ this time ], but there really are very few people with the requisite skills and even fewer who want to go out there.
I am sure that this sounds very arrogant, but in reality, it is just because over many years, I have found myself in a few of the worlds trouble spots.
I am also aware that I am not likely to get any fitter, so that in a fairly short time, I will feel that it is time to stop. Maybe, I was subconsciously thinking, that this might be my last trip.
It is a shame that more doctors do not want to do this work, but modern training is much shorter and more prescriptive and does not allow people to wander all over the world as I did.
The fact that the work is unpaid, inevitably limits the number of people who are able to contemplate it and most UK hospitals will no longer give staff unpaid leave.
Congratulations on your job WW, I hope you will be happy in it.
Stay warm and safe.
OH is working from home today, as road is totally blocked. [ hooray ]
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Pdoc ... glad that you're home safe and sound ... and that your OH is safe at home too ... the roads are no fun here either. Two cars have been abandoned on our little slope so far this morning ... someone once said Norfolk is flat ......... not this bit!!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I want snow <stampingfeet smilie>
the shocking weather has us concerned for you all. Storm conditions here too
Punk glad you didn’t go, I saw a documentary once about someone with your skills doing video links and advising on surgery could you follow this route?
i see we are due for “shut down” stay safe and let’s look forward to it being Spring when we meet again!
A A Milne
LP, heavy snow forecast for this way tomorrow......hope it has cleared for your return.
Aw no LP!
You'll never hold on to your parasol in that!!!!!
The sand'll be fair buffing the tan off your legs!
Lyn says
"I want snow <stampingfeet smilie> "
Is that an offer to come clear any which falls here?
Hello all!
It's surprisingly bright in my house at the moment (in a brief lull in the snow), because of the reflected light... it's also hard to tell how much has fallen because the wind is whipping it into drifts. Not that it matters, really, provided I can persuade OH that it would be really foolish to drive to St Anne's and back for a rehearsal later on today.
Do robins call a truce when the weather is really bad? Or are the 3 robins on the fat cake related?
Punkdoc, looks like hibernation is the best plan for you and Moira at the moment...
Hosta, your lake picture is stunning!
Lyn, I could post you some snow from here - it would probably still be frozen when it arrives, at this rate! Our milkman struggled valiantly up the steps this morning, and the bottles are now on the worktop until the milk thaws.
LilyP, we feel for you...
Hosta ........ how far down Cornwall do you deliver .......... a friend just past St Agnes is enquiring .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, maybe the Truro branch deliver there, but it's waaaay out of our patch.