Good morning people, Saturday has come round once again. I’m just back from Ronaldsway Halt. We have a steady north-westerly blowing, but the sun is shining. I have woken up feeling good, and I hope that you have too. Of course lots of things can happen today to change how we feel about it. So far so good I suppose. You maybe a lucky lottery winer by 8o’clock tonight, on the other hand, you might be lying in Nobles hospital having been run down by the Douglas to Port St Mary bus. So, if you have
Good morning folks. I woke up this morning not feeling too bright. I felt tired and swallowing breakfast was hard work. I seem to have woken this morning with many of the side effects of the radiation treatment all arriving at the same time, just like London Buses. I wish the side effects would mirror IOM busses and then I would probably have none. Anyway I simply told myself, "Glassey, firstly you should be grateful that you have woken up at all, and secondly you are waking up to many brighter
Good morning folks. I have just returned from walking Skipper. We drove up to Ronaldsway halt and walked south along the Silverburn to the waterfall, then turned and headed back North to the halt again; a tiny railway station and a tiny river. This time last week I was walking on the banks of the Mersey and the nearest railway station was Lime Street. What a contrast! Lime Street with its busy taxi rank, buses and people wheeling trolleys; the noise of the traffic and the general hubbub of a cit
Good morning people, it is truly magnificent to be home once again and hopefully this time for good. Over the last 4 weeks I have been on one of the most fascinating adventures of my life. I have met some of the most fantastic people on the planet. I have experienced highs and lows. I feel as though I have been put through the washing machine, tumbled dried, ironed, and now returned feeling a little scarred and battered, but cleansed of cancer for now at least.
The situation seems to be tha
Good morning people. I’m back on yet another flying visit. I will return to the Wirral tomorrow morning, however, this time only for a couple of days. If all goes well I will return to the Island on Tuesday night with treatment complete.
Well it has been another fascinating week on the Wirral. On this last trip I was accompanied by Ray and Pauline Cregeen from Port St.Mary. Barbara joined us on the Tuesday along with Skipper. Skipper did not collect an ASBO on the Wirral and I am at a loss
Hello folks, it is Sunday morning and all is well. Tomorrow morning I and my good friends Ray and Pauline Cregeen will take the 7.30 water bus to Liverpool. Yes the gathering is on the move and will reconvene on the Wirral for a week. Barbara will join us Tuesday evening after catching up with a few things and Karron will again take over the menagerie management.
This weekend I have received many calls from folks who have had treatment at Clatterbridge. I am indeed inspired by their calls. M
Good morning people. How wonderful it is to be back again albeit just for another flying weekend trip. Well I guess I better begin my report by getting the Steam Packet out of the way first.
I crossed over last Monday morning on the Super seacat, now named the “Viking”. I think I said last week that these fast craft vessels should not be given names. They haven’ earned them and don’t deserve them. They are merely water busses. They come out of the factory as numbers and that is all they sh
I hope this latest blog entry is readable. It is being tapped out by Barbara on an XDA palm.
What a week we've had so far! We arrived at the hospital on Monday more or less straight from the boat. After Tom waited for an hour or so whilst I walked around the wooded perimeter with Skipper, Tom was informed that the machine that does the radiotherapy, had broken down & he was asked to return at 6 p.m. We went back at 6 & the backlog meant he wasn't seen until 7.30. Tom has to psyche him
Good morning people. Blimey what a wild day it is. A little while ago I returned from a walk on the beach with Barbara and Skipper. Well, I didn’t walk actually because when I got there, I discovered I still had my slippers on. Maybe all this radiation to my brain is getting to me.
Tomorrow we leave for Clatterbridge again, this time with Barbara and Skipper. We will all stay in the caravan at Meols on the Wirral. Meols is a small sleepy sort of town, right on the northern end of the Wirral
Good morning people, I am just back for a flying visit. I came over on last night’s Slow craft Viking, and I will return, Steam Packet willing on Monday morning.
Well after a week, we are progressing nicely I guess. I crossed over to Liverpool last Monday morning with my boatman young Chris Callow, on the so-called super seacat. All I can say about this vessel is, she isn’t very super and she isn’t very fast.
Our voyage began with an announcement explaining that owing to a broken gear,
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Well today the radiotherapy commenced. Tom will probably be more informative when he returns, but the gist appears to be that the mask that was fitted on Monday was very tight and Tom had a choice of going with the treatment on his head, or delaying it a day. He decided to go with it and the mask will be adjusted for tomorrow, so it won't be quite so uncomfortable.
The treatment lasted about 45 minutes and he is feeling fine. He has been told to expect the side effects in about 2 weeks time.
I thought I would do an update on how things are going for Tom across.
He left for Liverpool yesterday morning and eventually got there after a slow Seacat trip. He still made it in time for his appointment, with Time to spare. His young boatman, Chris Callow has gone with him and is looking after him admirably.
Tom said the mask fitting wasn't pleasant, but he coped. He had to hold his hands above his head for around 45 minutes and he found that tiring, along with the machine turning hi
Good morning folks. Well yes I don’t normally blog on Sundays. However, I failed to blog yesterday, and therefore this will be the last blog before I go to Clatterbridge tomorrow. I am afraid the damn gathering got out of hand again on Friday night, hence the lack of a blog yesterday. Ian McKinley, the former custodian of Castle Rushen, turned up from the world of Smeale where he now lives. Andrew Qualtrough also put in an appearance prior to his lizard hunting jaunt to the South of France. Sara
Mary came home from school in tears. She explained to her mother that she had been punished for something she didn’t do. “That’s terrible,” said her mother. I’m going straight up to your school to have a word with your teacher. “What was it you didn’t do?” “My homework,” said Mary.
Well they say the old ones are the best, and this story reminds me of the time I had my pocket money stopped for a week back in my boarding school days. When my teacher asked me one morning for my homework, I rep
Good morning people, I hope that you are having a good morning, or in many cases by the time you read this, I hope that you have had a good day. Well, I have just 4 days before I head for Clatterbridge.
When I was a kid and at home on school holidays, I would always be counting the days that were left before my return to the convent in Liverpool. When the last day came, I would try and stay awake all night in a vane attempt to try and make the last day last as long as possible. Sleep would
Good morning folks. I woke up at 3a.m this morning and the dawn chorus was at full pelt. At present the birds have got a long day. They are on the go from 3am now until around 10 p.m. At least next week the days will begin to shorten for them.
I was talking about telephones yesterday and I have not finished rabbiting on about them yet as I owe the telephone a great deal. For the last 15 years I have made a living from answering the telephone both at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and through m
Good morning folks. Its 8.45 and it is a beautiful sunny day with a stiff north-westerly breeze. Yesterday we went on our usually pilgrimage to Peel and of course I got my fish and chips. Next week I hope to carry out a full survey of the fish and chip shops on the Wirral.
I sat on Peel breakwater yesterday and enjoyed a cup of coffee with the father of Wendy, who is a regular blog reader from London. I fired off a text message to Wendy as I chatted with her father. It got me thinking about
9.20 a.m. I have just enjoyed mackerel on toast for breakfast, after my morning walk along the Silverburn. I spent all afternoon yesterday trawling around Castletown bay looking for callig and mackerel. I can promise you that all, the callig and mackerel that went for an afternoon swim yesterday afternoon, all returned home safely.
A couple of years ago, my financial advisor advised me that I should make an investment over a five year period in a certain building society. I took his advice,
9.35 a.m. I have just returned from my morning walk. Today we decided to walk around Langness. I have not walked the whole Langness since I became ill last October. I did not know then that it was in fact cancer I was fighting as cancer was not diagnosed until February. I do recall trying to walk Langness back in February, and only getting about 200 yards before having to turn back to the car park. Today for the first time since Mr Cancer came along, I have managed to get all the way around in a
8.35 a.m. It’s a beautiful day. This morning I shall head out to the flying club for breakfast. I am just back from my morning walk, this time along the banks of the Silverburn. I am thinking seriously of lifting Skipper’s asbo, as he has not chased anyone now for about a month. However, maybe I can’t quite trust him just yet and I will wait until I return from Clatterbridge. If he behaves himself over there and does not terrorize the caravan site or add anyone on Clatterbridge’s patient list, t
9.15 a.m. Yes I am late today folks. This morning I went walking on Castletown beach in the rain. It is still raining as I write and according to the men at Ronaldsway, that is the way it will remain until late this afternoon. By this evening it will be fine. The weather seems to reflect life in general. How often did you get up and get off to a bad start! How often do you hear someone say, “Take no notice, I’m having a really bad day” It doesn’t have to stay that way though and often doesn’t. J
8 a.m exactly. I have just returned from my morning walk. It is a little on the breezy side but still sunny and rain is on its way according to the weather man at Ronaldsway.
We have more or less sorted out my holiday over on the Wirral now. We will stay on a caravan site in a town called Meols, which is on the northern coast of the Wirral. It was proving to be a bit of a problem getting someone to look after Skipper for nearly a month and as Orry the parrot, not to mention the rabbits, hen
