Surprise holiday

To my good friends on the forum.Guess who is writing you from La Belle France in a little village called St Denis de Gastines. Heather my daughter paid us a surprise visit and as she was descibing her new life living in France, I said I do wish I was well enough to come and see the place so she said why not come home with me on Friday? I made up my mind on the spur of the moment got on the internet, confirmed there were seats available on the same plane as Heather then got in touch with my doctor asked his advice, he said go for it Norman. Straight back to the internet booked and paid for the flight, all within half an hour It surprised the hell out out of Alice when she got home. So here we are, temp 29 degrees. Flight took one hour and a 40 mins as did the journey from the airport to here. Wheel chair laid on at this end by the airport fire brigade "La Pompiers" I will be in touch when I get home. Au Revoir.mes amis. love Alice and Norman

Norman that's great - your doctor sounds like a very wise man.

Best wishes to you and Alice.

We hope you are having a great holiday, Norman. Looking forward to hearing your news on your return.
Saludos,
Bob.

WOW! That's fantastic, Norm! Good for you. God bless you. Your family here loves you. Have a great vacation!

Well done Norman, that's terrific - have a great time

Bonnes vacances Norman !
What places did you visit ? :)

I can only quote Bob, who said it so eloquently ........WOW ..........
Really glad your up and about Norm. Too bad the boys at the airport didn't let you drive the big red truck. Take care and keep on posting.........frank

p.s. I don't think we've hit 29 this summer. Had a few mornings at 10 and 15, ooddles and ooddles of rain, actually, this is the weather I prefer, taking it anytime over 30 and humid.

Good news for all us on TG. Looking forward to hearing more.
Sven-Ingvar

Enjoy the vacation Norman. Best wishes to you and Alice during your visit with Heather and her family.

Have a great time Norman - best wishes to you and your family :)

Have a fun one Norman! Be sure to play tourist and take plenty of pictures!

Really pleased to see you out and about Norman. Have a great time.

Paul

Norman,

It's fantastic to hear this news! :)

Have a great time! Ahhh... the cheese.. the wine... the waiters who look at you, like you just dropped in from Mars or Pluto --- it's all great! ;)

Risto

What a nice surprise! I'm sure you'll have a great time in the sun. I look forward to the landscape series after your return ... or a series of wine bottles! ;) All the best to you and your family :)

It's always great to hear from you Norman. Have a great holiday and thank you for keeping us updated. Try to bring back some of that sunshine when you return!

Have a great holiday Norman.

Inspirational resilience and a love of life. Your bench mark is a lesson to us all.

One wonders if we will see a definative xara drawing of a 2cv travelling along an tree lined avenue with Norman at the wheel enjoying a well deserved glass of vino!

Have a good one Norman

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One wonders if we will see a definative xara drawing of a 2cv travelling along an tree lined avenue with Norman at the wheel enjoying a well deserved glass of vino!

Have a good one Norman

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Ah you beat me to it jenOdorf that is exactly what I had in mind before I reported on my surprise holiday. More later after I draw the car. Meantime thank all of you who wrote in.

Trust you had a great holiday and soaked up the sun, wine and madamselles.......

Take care

Ian

Wonderful, Norman. Let us know what pleasures you enjoyed.

It's true then Norman... "Our children are our greatest medicine":D

Love ya my friend... have a good time. Can't wait to hear about the "surprise sky-diving escapade":eek:

welcome back Norman :)

Hope you had a good holiday Norman.

Yes, please tell us more Parahandy.

Thank you all for your interest. Well it was an uneventful holiday being away in the middle of the countryside, how neat and clean it was too,truly rural. The village I stayed in is called St Denis De Gastines I stayed with my daughter and her husband in a 100 year old farm house which they have purchased, no longer a farm, the barn and the outbuildings are still there intact and waterproof.The land about 150 yadrs by 50 yards, is going to be landscaped over the years and turned into a huge garden with flowers fruit and vegetables being grown. While I was there I had a go at cutting grass on one of those motorised/sit on lawnmowers. In fact that was the most exciting episode of the whole holiday, I mistook the gear lever for the depth cutting control and took off at a great rate of knots recovered control before bashing my brain out against the barn wall. Took part in making apple pies, elderberry and apple jelly, soups of all kinds about all I can eat and contain these days.I was supplied with a wheelchair at the airport so was spared the long walk out to the plane. Edinburgh - Rennes Airports . A not very good picture of the turbo jet.

Glad you had a wonderful time with your family, Norman. I could use a vacation like that. I haven't had a vacation in 20 years.

Sounds idyllic out there. Could do with the peace and quiet myself (without neighbours lawnmowers!:p) Thanks for keeping us updated. :)

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I haven't had a vacation in 20 years.

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Why not?

The lengths some people will go to to play on a motorised lawn mower :-)

Now theres a thought for competition "Flying Norman" coming of the lawnmower.

Take care Norman


Ian

I bought one of those this year... Sure does make cutting the grass alot easier.

Glad you had a good time Norman. I have a push mower, not enough grass to get a ride-on. Shame, I wouldn't be so reluctant to cut the grass if I could sit down whilst doing it.