In amongst Pip being ill and Ben following suit Dave was also diagnosed with suspected shingles! It started with a red mark on the left side of his forehead, which turned into a raised bump and then a line of distinctive blisters by the Wednesday. I took one look at him and thought I'm sure that's shingles, so one telephone call later and submission of several photos Acyclovir was prescribed. Thankfully it was caught early with no nerve pain, fever or general sickness.
After a long week of illness Pip felt well enough to attend the 808 music session at Heron Corn Mill. Whilst she was hanging out with friends Dave and I had lunch at Beetham Garden Centre. Dave's Luggie is once again out of action so it was a wheelchair job whilst out and about and the steep incline to the loos at Heron Corn Mill was no fun- especially as it was slippy. I hung on to Dave and he hung on to the bannister and we inched our way down, needless to say getting back up was just as difficult!
Cheese and Bacon Baked Spuds with assorted salad.
Dave's face healing nicely.
Entrance to the mill.
The awful incline! I'd estimated 30º, Dave 25º and it was in fact 18º but regardless it was jolly hard, firstly in preventing him from careering off into a ditch at the bottom and secondly having enough oomph to climb back up to the top! I hurt more than usual come Monday morning :-)
We are off to Wigan once again in the morning to have the Luggie looked at once again and this time hopefully fixed. We should have travelled yesterday but a humdinger of a migraine scuppered that idea, such is life.
4 comments:
You must have strong arm muscles now! Good that you caught the shingles so early. Here people would always think of poison ivy first. And I am glad to hear that Pip is well again! That mill does look nice, though. Is it a water powered one? Stay well and no more migraines, please!
Had one this morning 🤪. Still needed to drive to Wigan and the Luggie saga continues - battery shot and the electrical control panel not working. Came home with a borrowed scooter which will necessitate another trip to Wigan sometime soon 🙄. Yes the mill is water powered, it’s a lovely spot 🙂
Oh my goodness, San. Thank goodness you caught on early that it was shingles. So good you got the meds and he didn't have a bad case of it. That does look like a steep ramp. I'm glad you both held on and made it :) You lunch looks very good and I hope Pip enjoyed the music session. It looks like a nice place. I love all the stone.
Is the Luggie working again?
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