One, two, three - clench....
BTM, I don't know why you are worried about your almost 18 yo DD, my PFB was forty today. I am feeling ancient, and wondering where the years have gone. Fortunately DDiL organised a surprise birthday party on Saturday night, plus an overnight hotel trip last night: my offering is having all the family around next Sunday for a birthday lunch.
Best wishes to everyone since I last posted, particularly MI, MrsS, Auriga and Rudy. Rose, was it you talking about Gaviscon and similar a while back? I read in the DT last week that two tsps of cider vinegar in a glass of water really works and I have been testing it out. It sounds counter-intuitive, doesn't it, but I have found that it helps with the reflux. No harm in trying it.
We now have the BMW back from the gearbox man in Worksop, all ok, and only just over £1,000 compared with the £5-6,000 we were quoted. We managed lunch at the pub in Yorkshire which we had missed on our previous trip south.
On Friday we took DGS to the offshoot of the National Railway Museum in Shildon, Co Durham - it was a great day out, lots of interactive stuff. I thought about your DS, Herbs, but not possible on a trip to Northumberland. Have you ever thought of catching the train up to York and taking him there for the day, knowing his thing about transport, he would love it?
My appointment with the consultant about my knee replacement has come at last: 18th August. Hooray!