Tuesday Solstice ...

Another lovely sunny day in Stanhope dear readers of Wear and Dao,  with a trip to the George and Dragon in Heighington with Wheels to Meals, not as a driver or organiser this time but a customer.  Due to the need to get back early we chose to use the car , many might say we missed out as there are those who enjoy the experience of stopping to pick up grandpa's and grannies from all sorts of crooks and crannies as all part of the social experience.

A long time has passed dear readers since your old blogger last drove the bus and the carer enjoyed her role as passenger assistant and many of those who used to travel with us have taken this life's final journey and others have found other means to combat isolation by choosing to live with others in care home settings.
 
Life goes on dear readers with or without us and new members of Wheels to Meals were evident and appeared to enjoy the experience as they surely should have given the fine menu , your old blogger enjoyed vegetarian lasagne with chips and salad , others near by had fish and chips , scampi and chips and liver and bacon . No meal is complete without dessert dear readers and desserts they were a plenty , Apple pie with custard or ice-cream , chocolate gateau,  banana pie and my own choice Eton mess ! With kindness offered by John a new volunteer driver and Gillian the Stanhope Angel and passenger assistant I'm sure the new members will go on many further outings and grow to enjoy them as much as the old crew once did.

Prior to the Heighington trip we called into the travel agents in Stanhope to ascertain the optimal place to spend a few weeks in the sun in winter. It seems Spain and Portugal are still insisting on all the covid nonsense so Greece looks the best option and Crete to be precise.

Tomorrow we go to Corbridge to visit Marta in her new house and have lunch, philosophy and psychology for the day. Still, that's tomorrow which may never arrive ... who on earth knows the future for sure?   All we have is here and now (Wear and Dao! ), the past has passed and anyway is usually written by the winners and the future is contingent on how we live in the present moment. ..

Thats the Power of Now dear readers of Wear and Dao.