Going Home from Horning to Paxton with the Range Rover packed solid with belongings and we first stopped off at the Norwich ring-road McDonalds for a take-away lunch and then at Mum’s in Stanton where we heard from Fred and Marie that something would soon have to take place for Mum to be accommodated at Redgrave. On to Paxton to deal with a literal mountain of mail and sorted out the urgent financial and telephone items for action.
A quiet night to end our holiday voyage. We slept well and had no disturbances and there was no sign of life from Daniel and his friends as they slept on the lounge floor whilst we tip-toed in to have our morning baths. It took all of the morning to pack up our things and get ready to leave. This process was interrupted by the arrival of Jack Edwards who we were delighted to see, after his recent health problems. Then I went across to discuss my Heronshaw plans with the neighbours as it transpired that the people opposite had been trying to organise opposition. At least this was one family that would not be objecting.
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It was mid-afternoon by the time that we left with the Range Rover packed solid with belongings and we stopped off at the Norwich ring-road McDonalds for a take-away lunch. We called Mum and dropped in on her as we passed and then stayed for a couple of hours. The news was that she was gradually deteriorating with her back weakening and her memory and faculties gradually failing. Fred and Marie came by and their point was that something would soon have to take place and so we agreed with them that we would press Freda to get on with the improvements to Redgrave Post Office so that she could stay with more comfort and less worry over toilet facilities etc. The girls were quite good during the visit, playing scrabble, but were ready to go and we were home within an hour or so. The Hayling View was a welcome sight and was in good shape. All we could do in what was left of the evening was to unload and eat tea and then I went through a literal mountain of mail and sorted out the urgent financial and telephone items for action.