Wednesday 21: Poldered
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Category Archives: out and about
Monday 19th: around Zaandam
So happy that Elly suggested waiting a day or two before getting bikes. We’ve been pottering around Zaandam, doing both holiday errands and sight-seeing. First stop supermarket = both of us like to have supplies! Continue reading
Sunday 18th: home to Zaandam
Travel details
| From | To | Details |
| Servants’ Quarters | Tram stop | walk |
| Tram stop | EDI | Sit😊 |
| EDI | AMS | flight KLM1286 (16:05 to 18:35) |
| AMS | Zaandam station | train (Sprinter 3358 – cyclemeter map! |
| Zaandam station | Innhotel, Provincialweg | walk 200m |
Randomising my bozoness
A quick update on what’s been happening recently… Continue reading
Recycled!
What Elly said! And here’s the cyclemeter map. I’m quite pleased that before this recycling trip I cycled to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and back (about five miles each way) and felt reasonably capable on the slope up to Little France. (‘Reasonably capable’ here means staying out of granny gear!)
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Periscope times
Poke
I’ve just learnt that my colonoscopy will take place next Monday, 11 July. The private GI specialist will ‘arrange the colonic transit study with the radiologist’. I assume, but don’t know, that I will have to ensure I’m completely empty in time for the colonoscopy. (I’ve asked for details.) Continue reading
Random gruntings
A quick update on recent ‘events’. Continue reading
Out
Yesterday’s vigil for Orlando was the furthest I’ve gone from home (cyclemeter map) in weeks, apart from medical appointments. I’m very glad I went, not least because I met by chance with a former colleague from my publishing career.
I couldn’t hear most of the speakers but the First Minister’s message came through loud and clear:
We stand here in defiance of hate with a very clear message – love is love.
A true Scotsman?
Don’t read on unless you really want to know about my innards. This post is mostly so I can record what happened while I still remember it. Continue reading
Update
I’ve not posted recently because there’s been almost nothing to say: I’ve spent most of this week horizontal due to pain and lack of energy. But here’s some bits to prove I’m still alive. Continue reading
