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| Raglan to Brynmawr |
We
hardly slept at all last night – it was too hot to sleep. I was a
bit like 'a bear with a sore head' in the morning – feeling quite
grumpy and irritable due to the lack of sleep and feeling so darn
hot.
It
was an early start to get to Brynmawr because I had an appointment to
attend at 8:50. We got to the surgery well in time but we discovered
that my appointment was actually at the main surgery, not the branch.
We found the main surgery and checked in for my appointment with
minutes to spare only we ended up sitting for around 45 minutes to
see the nurse. It was later on, after collecting our mail and going
through it that I discovered that in actual fact the appointment had
initially been correct but that the letter was to say that the
appointment had been moved to another time and at a different venue.
Oh well.... The nurse was very pleasant and we got through our 'new
patient medicals' without too much trouble – normal heart sounds,
blood pressure, weight and height measurements (I've lost a few
centimetres since I was last measured) as well as dietary and alcohol
intake, exercise, etc. Paul had not actually been booked in for a
new patient medical but I had to cancel half of a double appointment
for a test that I couldn't go through with that morning so instead of
wasting an appointment – I asked if Paul could have his new patient
medical instead. They were very understanding and fine about it.
We
spent the next few hours looking for a fan just in case we would be
too hot tonight. Every place we went to – the fans were sold out
due to the heatwave. Paul also looked for t-shirts and swimming
trunks. He got the t-shirts but not the swimming trunks – there
was nothing nice and virtually no choice. At least he can survive,
for now, with the ones he has got until either they disintegrate or
he finds something soon. Paul also made enquiries about re-charging
the car's air-conditioning unit but all places were booked up – no
doubt busy due to the heat wave.
And
so we rocked up at a friends' house feeling hot and very tired, and
probably looking a bit dishevelled. It was good to see Sue and Ian
again as well as their children: Callum and Lindsey; not to mention
the 3 cats: Strawberry, Lightning and Tigger; and Kai – the dog.
First things first was to down a nice cold drink before doing
anything else. It has been a lovely late afternoon/evening spending
a bit of time catching up. No doubt there will be more to come.
It's
getting very late – time for some zzzzz.....
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