Well, at least if you do be very careful …
After finishing work on Friday, 14th I spotted the bus coming and so thought I would run to make sure I caught it, instead of waiting for the net one in, what, maybe another 5 or 10 minutes!
Unfortunately, my foot slipped off the edge of the path and bent over on itself and I heard a very loud ‘CRACK’, I didn’t fall just stumbled and still caught the bus, but as I sat down the pain was getting worse.
After a trip to Urgencias in Los Cristianos and then up to El Majon Hospital it was confirmed – a fracture of the metatarsal in my left foot and a cast for 4 weeks (since revised to 6 or 7 weeks).
Thanks to Alan at Mr Cool’s Hire Shop for the wheelchair which allowed me to get around in those first few days, but I found it too much hard work and my shoulders and arms ended up hurting more than my foot!
So, I decided to upgrade and go for an electric mobility scooter from Mobility Family in Los Cristianos, thanks to Patrick and Tracey for your help and advice as to which model to take. My ‘Limo Cabriolet’ has been superb and enables me to travel from Los Cristianos to work in Torviscas and back every day (I might just decide to keep it once my foot is better anyway!).
We decided at the last minute to have a drive up to the Mercedes Forest, Taganana and of course Terisetas Beach this afternoon. It’s the first time that I have been that far North, although Cathy and Helen have been before. Here are some of the photos that we took – hope you enjoy them,…
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Taking the bus to and from work has given me a great opportunity to ‘get back into reading’ again and during the last few months I have read some fantastic books, especially the Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy. The last book that I read however was the first that I read on my Kindle birthday present…
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Well what a weekend that was, almost recovered now following the after show party down at Restaurante Margarita in Los Cristianos, and found time to put up the photos taken at this fantastic event that was the Tenerife Entertainment Awards. Fantastic because it was a great show, and fantastic because Simply Mo won Best Male…
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Just browsing around Google Street View looking at the areas and houses where Cathy and I have lived and it looks like the house I was born in has recently been demolished! View Larger Map Ah, well, I guess things don’t last forever!
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This coming October The Gillian Banks Theatre School, from Rotherham in the UK, will be bringing 15 of it’s professional and semi-professional performers to the Island for one week, to perform in no less than 3 charity shows to benefit the Live Arico Animal Rescue Centre. The Theatre School supports many charities throughout the year…
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Many of you know that that we are animal lovers, we have two cats, a dog, two terrapins and a hamster living with us (as well as the Roach Family – but they should be going soon!). We are lucky in that our landlord allows us to have this ‘zoo’ in our home – but…
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Well, eventually I have done it – the profile photo, avatar or whatever you would like to call it has been updated. Now, all I have to do is remember all of the places that I need to upload it to: Twitter, Google +, Flickr, You Tube, Facebook … That’s my Sunday evening taken…
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The resort we are staying on, Oasis Lanz Club, is in Costa Teguise close to the island’s capital, Arrecife and seems to be a perfect base from which to explore the island, being quite centrally positioned. There are five beaches within walking distance and the sea front promenade is beautiful to walk along watching the…
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We could have just flown across and been there in about an hour, but we fancied doing it a different way, so we took the slow ferry from Santa Cruz to Arrecife on Friday night, landing in Lanzarote 24 hours later and it was great fun! The timetable said we would set off at 23:30hrs,…
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Thanks to Alan at Mr Cool’s Hire Shop for the wheelchair which allowed me to get around in those first few days, but I found it too much hard work and my shoulders and arms ended up hurting more than my foot!