Dilemmas

Now the banshees are visiting. No longer do we just have the sound of the wind battering on the house, the rain slashing on the windows, we also have the banshees whistling down the chimney. It just seems to be never stopping. We're grateful we went to the expense of re-roofing the house a couple of years back, otherwise we would be very worried indeed.

To escape, I'm looking at our holiday brochures & dreaming of warm sunny days, lands of blue skies. In particular we are hoping to go self-catering in France once more.

We've usually enjoyed this type of holiday. It's always a bit of a chore locating a wheelchair accessible property - some have turned out more successful than others - but now we have another consideration. How far will the Fox be able to drive after a flight? Since the stroke, the only long drive he has done, was to Stoke. The drive took it's toll, but then that was in June, not long after his stroke at the end of March, & he is doing a lot better now than then. Since that June trip the furthest he's driven is to Carnforth, approximately 10 miles away. That we know he can confidently do most days, but could he go further? Even as a passenger he did find the 80 mile taxi drive to Manchester airport when we went on  our Rhine cruise in the autumn exhausting. There's no point in finding the most wonderful gite if he isn't up to driving there. Once there we can just potter, but we need to find the right spot to stay. So, how far should we allow  between airport & gite? Anyone's guess.