28th October Eye Eye Captain.


A week ago an attempted trip to Sheffield so that TOM could have his cateract sorted out was abandoned mainly because a large part of the route through Chesterfield had turned into a lake. Yesterday, having been given a very quick replacement appointment, we made a second attempt, on much drier ground but even then it took us well over an hour to make the 30 mile trip.

And whilst I am glad that TOM has now managed to have both ofhis eyes sorted out, the fact that we left  the hospital at 6.25pm following a supposed 3pm appointment time perhaps gives an understanding of just how stretched the NHS is at the moment. 

As for TOM, well when I left him earlier today, with his eye patch in situ, he resembled Captain Birdseye going through his pirate phase. All he needed to complete the image was a parrot perched on his shoulder.

Whilst he 'rested', and attempted to ready the Daily Mail with one eye ( I think reading it with no eyes is the better option), I went on a very misty and muddy jolly with a group of 9 runners from Youlgrave Harriers. It was a slow and steady splish and splash upto Hurst Hob and an almost as slow a descent on some slippery rock strewn down through the woods..

All in all an eventful day or two...oh yeah and I went to a wedding too!!

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