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Another day in Coventry
Oct. 23rd, 2017 09:59 pmThe nephews arrived early this morning, with my brother-in-law dropping them off around seven on his way to work. When I came down, they were eating breakfast, with the youngest preparing to go to nursary for the day. The oldest nephew pottered around for most of the day, going on a bike ride with my dad in the morning.
I went to Go Outdoors to take a look at some of the climbing gear — I didn't actually want anything, but I needed an excuse to go for a walk — but didn't end up buying anything. I came back for lunch and, afterwards, went to the station to book a seat for my return journey tomorrow. The woman at the desk threw me initially, when she told me my ticket wasn't valid but it turned out that she was tired and used to seeing tickets where the departing station was Coventry. Fortunately, we quickly smoothed out the misunderstanding and she found me a seat on tomorrow's train from New Street.
We had spanakopita for supper and, while we were eating, a minor crisis blew up when it turned out that an ambulance had picked up my oldest nephew after he'd been found having an epileptic fit by the side of the road — something that happens to him from time to time.
There was initially some confusion about what had happened to his bike, so my dad set out to recover it. While he was gone, my sister phoned to say she'd spoken to the paramedics — who she knew from her A&E days — and they'd brought both my nephew and his bike straight home. My dad, who by that point, was close to my sister's house, dropped in to check everything was OK and under control before returning home.
I went to Go Outdoors to take a look at some of the climbing gear — I didn't actually want anything, but I needed an excuse to go for a walk — but didn't end up buying anything. I came back for lunch and, afterwards, went to the station to book a seat for my return journey tomorrow. The woman at the desk threw me initially, when she told me my ticket wasn't valid but it turned out that she was tired and used to seeing tickets where the departing station was Coventry. Fortunately, we quickly smoothed out the misunderstanding and she found me a seat on tomorrow's train from New Street.
We had spanakopita for supper and, while we were eating, a minor crisis blew up when it turned out that an ambulance had picked up my oldest nephew after he'd been found having an epileptic fit by the side of the road — something that happens to him from time to time.
There was initially some confusion about what had happened to his bike, so my dad set out to recover it. While he was gone, my sister phoned to say she'd spoken to the paramedics — who she knew from her A&E days — and they'd brought both my nephew and his bike straight home. My dad, who by that point, was close to my sister's house, dropped in to check everything was OK and under control before returning home.
