Finally back to some internet connection!



Finally!!

 I have made it back into the digital world!  Hoorah!

The last few days have been incredibly frustrating.  The campsite at West Runton (North Norfolk) had good phone signals (T-mobile and Vodafone) but only for text and calls, not internet, so tethering my netbook proved impossible and ended up with my phone failing completely.  The site had no wifi.

A failing phone meant we made a trip to Norwich yesterday to try and sort the problem out (too wet to do anything we'd planned outdoors).  Apparently there is nothing they can do in-store (thanks BlackBerry) so it’s been sent away and will be returned to Elgin in a week or so.  Meantime I bought another handset so we could access my number and internet connections (something we use a lot when travelling in Elly planning various routes and itineraries etc, and checking the weather - more of that in a moment). 

Alas, although I clearly asked the adviser for a phone that had the functionality of my broken phone I walked away with one that didn’t.   It’s taken me until this evening to work out why a particular function won’t work.  Hopefully that will be solved overnight now I’ve had a 'livechat' (typing) with Vodafone (in Eygpt I believe, makes a change from Bangalore I suppose …).  I shall be having words with the Manager in Elgin when we finally arrive home!

Due to the loss of phone function, and poor phone signal at this site, I’ve just been through an extraordinary sequence of manoeuvres to move a picture I took this morning on the new phone over to the netbook to publish for your delight on this blog (I shan’t bore you with details but it involved Adrian’s phone, Bluetooth, email and a trip around the ether via Hawaii judging by the time it’s taken!).  Are you sitting comfortably … here is today’s photograph (this represents the last 3 days I regret to say putting pay to the plans we had made).   

 

 

It rained almost continuously from the moment we arrived on Monday afternoon until we left on Thursday morning.  Imagine a campsite with 200 pitches (nearly full) during half term and it doesn't stop raining ... The purpose of heading to Norfolk was to do some serious bird watching at Cley-next-the-sea.  We finally managed a couple of hours this morning when we stopped en route to our current location at Woodhall Spa.  I shall update the blog tomorrow with all the birds we saw.  It was worth the trip in the end, just a shame it wasn’t better weather-wise as it was too cold (wet and windy) to sit for an extended period.

To round up today’s catch-up post here are some more photographs from the wedding I’ve managed to cobble together. 

 

By the Altar



Newly Married

 

The ushers, bestman and Couple

Happy Couple with her Mum (my age) and her partner (almost Adrian's age!)

The Trusty Goodwood made it back with them!

Big bro and wife JA

My Mother's Sister and husband with JJ

Who threw that?

Me in a more manageable dress!  With my lovely Ollie

With Uncle JJ

At the Reception

The new Mel addition to my family - JJ (younger bro), JA older bro's wife, Ollie, Mel, Gavin (elder bro) and Mum

First Dance

The table decorations - Not my doing

The Top Table

|Flower arrangement I made for Maggie on Monday



It’s been a difficult few days really, not just due to communication and weather problems (oh yes, and my watch stopped working as well, so yesterday’s Norwich trip turned into a shopping expedition). 

I always knew the wedding event would pose a number of emotional challenges.  The day went as well, if  not better, than could have been expected, but seeing both of my children and Oaklie in this particular setting, with the various gathered family members, was hard and will take a while resolve.

Off to bed, today was the first day I haven't managed a full qigong meditation (too wet and windy) and I only the second day no yoga took place. 

Tomorrow I will do better!