Noise and more noise.

Time just runs through your fingers and with little to show - or as they say time waits for no man and marches on regardless.

Wednesday, trying to recover from the Runcorn run so it was a planned day in the house, however I did manage to make some time to have a swim - and wonders upon wonders , the pool was just about empty , just myself and two others - which makes a change from battling with the "weans" during the school holidays. All that was missing was a session with Cruella but as she was busy it was a case of "not today Josephine".

Managed to get some work done on the computer but putting together a distance learning package for the college is not a ten minute job - lots of time needed on this one.
Took myself off to the shops later on and explored Penicuik's latest shopping attraction, yes, the new LYDL store is open , "pile em high and sell em cheap", and it is a nice enough shop - a few bargains to be had, etc.

Out in the evening to Bonnyrigg to a meeting of the OES, which, being a Visitors Night was really very well attended. I ended up being the substitute candidate, which was actually very interesting - having to concentrate and pay attention instead of sleeping at the back.

Into the town this morning where the noise of the tramworks is reaching totally ludicrous proportions, folks are passing with their fingers in their ears, three mechanical picks all battering away at the same time - just when will it stop ? Total nonsense, we could not open the doors or French windows and it being such a nice day as well. God help the poor clients in the nearby beauty salon who were going in for a bit or rest and relaxation.

Got a bit niggled when I heard about a friend who genuinely got mixed up with hospital appointments , three in three days and missed an important examination. No way could they get it rescheduled for weeks and weeks, however the same surgeon is quite happy to carry it out four days later privately at the bargain price of £600. Could he not have just told his NHS ward to bring the patient in on Saturday and do it there rather than head off to the next town and do it along with his other Private work - greedy B, in fact greedy big B. We even hear of Doctors flying in from Europe for a day or two days at the weekend to work in NHS hospitals to cover for our own Doctors who are creaming it from the rich or the needy.

Off shortly to an Installation at Forresters R.A , Prestonpans, so I had better get a shift on and put on the good bib and tucker, wash behind the ears, etc.