Easter - long weekend no. 3

It's Easter Monday morning and we've just failed to talk to Kelly on FaceTime - there seems to be some kind of connection problem.

Jo's not had a good week. She seemed to be recovering last Sunday, but has since gone backwards a bit and has been coughing away. I was despatched to the Chemist's on Saturday morning to try and get some Mucron, only to discover that this product was taken off the market some years ago. I was then quizzed by the pharmacist about Jo's symptoms and her medication and she refused to sell me any other decongestant as it could cause issues with her heart. We had to settle for some Olbas Oil topped up with paracetamol.

So Easter Sunday wasn't looking good for a while - just Jo and I at first, with Ross joining us a bit later, and Gary and Luca then making a quick surprise visit. Gary was on call and, sure enough, he got called away after half an hour or so. Lucy FaceTimed us over dinner, so it was like she was there with all of us. When the chocolate cake came out, Luca's eyes shone - as did Lucy's!:

Here they are, munching away:

I golfed on Wednesday night and played my first medal competition on Saturday, then played again on Sunday morning. The weather has been terrific, with wall to wall sunshine and it's been great to get out. It must have been very frustrating for Jo to be bed-bound most of the time.

Jo did get out with me on Friday when I was doing the CAMRA newsletter deliveries round Deeside. She came along for the ride, but only got out of the car once for a little stroll round Ballater. Deeside was looking fantastic with the skies so blue and not a cloud to be seen. The best bit was when we were approaching Ballater and got a magnificent view of Lochnagar, still covered in pure white snow. We should have stopped and taken a photo - I'd never seen it look so stunning.

On Friday afternoon, Keith Gray and I went for a cycle out to Crathes, stopping at the Legion for a beer or two on the way back. We sat on the terrace there, basking in the warm sun, looking over the Deeside hills. Lovely.

All of this golf and cycling has certainly improved my activity levels. Of course, it's Spring now and the weather's better and the days are longer, so that's helped, but so has my change to 3 day weeks. I'm less sedentary now, and that's reflected in my Jawbone Up stats - which also act as a motivating tool too.

I've been a member of BA's Executive Club for over 20 years now and they recently sent me a link showing my history of flying with them over that time:

Every single flight is recorded and you can search to see where you travelled any year. Interesting.

That's all for today, but I've got my hopefully final visit to see my knee surgeon on Thursday. I'm hoping he'll give me the all-clear, although it'll still be up to me to keep up my exercise and stretching regime after that. The knee's been great so far but I don't want it ever to stiffen up on me.