1. Budva is the place and Splendid is the hotel. Off we set along the windy road through the tunnel. Up and over the mountains was considered too dangerous. The snow was gleaming up there over the mountains. The road twists and turns, the verges littered with half built houses. Random sites and random shapes. The water in the lake was high, trees and grassland submerged. No wonder the hippo swam away.
2. The sea was wild when we arrived. Not the sort of weather you would take a young man out in. We found the pool for little ones at 34degrees. A sauna to be sure. Armbands are yet to be purchased. He enjoyed the jumping in and blowing bubbles. In and out, in and out. Who was going to give in first, the old or the young?
3. We alternated - a massage for Mum and then a massage for Grandma. How good it was to have the joints manipulated. Bed for the young man then room service for the adults. The table was laid out splendidly. Dinner for two with the young man sleeping close by. Bed by 10 -boy were we tired.
4. Up with the lark and a breakfast with so many choices, it took five times round to view before a boiled egg was settled on. More swimming - in and out, in and out, up and under. What a shock. Mummy was having some respite, Grandma was chasing in and out of the pool with the ball. Time to wander through the narrow streets in the old town - fortified against invaders.
People on the coast are friendly and know how to smile.
5. Life is confined to the rythmns of the young one. Many experiences of that kind in the past few years.
6. Good news - three more viewings at Evenley on Saturday. Reports to come on Monday.
What more can the lady from the black hills say except Good Night.
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1 Good for you all. Good for the old, for the middling, and for the young. In company. Bonding. (Yes, that's the word. Bonding. ) I can imagine it was good to get away, to have dinner in the room, and to have a breakfast cooked by someone else.
2 Good for the young man. Good to play in the water, to enjoy it, to continue, and to sleep the sleep of the tired.
3 Keep doing it.
4 And smiling. Keep smiling. I suppose that the coastal people feel out of things in company with the plains people and vice-versa. Opt for the coasties. Make the next booking.
5 Here? The excitement of the sale of the Escort is already close to being Old News. An Escort? Ah, yes I used to drive one. I've just prepared for an Armed Forces Day meeting on Tuesday; being thus prepared, I can take my day in London with Ken with equanimity.
5.1 I'm sorry though that I couldn't sell - that is, couldn't sell and keep my promise to the other - to the man from Godstone. We got on well. Had he bought then we might have kept in touch. He's looking for a car. Maybe I'll telephone him.
5.2 I'll keep my eye on the church website in Wilkie. I want to see if Mary submits my comments on this week's gospel.
SAH
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