Horrible colds

Fashion Victim or True Style?

We all came down with colds this weekend.  Tom had his mid week, I got it on Wednesday and Matt got it on Thursday.  It is unusual for all of us to be sick at the same time, but in a way it was quite good as none of us really wanted to do anything and we were all happy to mope around, huddle under the duvet in the lounge etc.  In fact Tom keeps telling me that he's tired all the time all the time now - this is because he wants to lie on the sofa with his duvet, not because he's tired!

Saturday Matt felt well enough to go to York for a translators do.  Tom and I were going to go as well and head to the train museum for a day out, but I felt terrible and knew I would not relish a 2 hour trip on the train and then time in the museum, so I decided not to go with him (sorry Tom!)

However, we still needed to get Matt there, so as we were having a lazy morning, I bundled Tom up in his pyjamas, dressing gown, cosy socks, slippers and hat and put him in the car to take Matt to Wennington Station.  It's a very cool outfit don't you think?  He thought it was a fantastic game.

I asked Tom what he wanted to do today and he requested a bike ride in Grange.  So we headed to Newby Bridge for lunch at Cafe Ambio (it's becoming a regular with us now) and then a circuit of Grange.  Being out in the cold helped me - I could breathe for the first time in ages.  Tom promptly fell asleep on the way home, so I then spent the next hour in the car on the drive waiting for him to wake up.  Then it wasn't long until we picked up Matt from Wennington.

Ruskin's View

Sunday, we all felt terrible.  Matt's eyes were very red and he looked terrible.  I looked better, but felt bad and certainly didn't have any motivation to do anything.  We decided we had to get out, so went to Kirkby Lonsdale.  We did our usual walk to Ruskin's View and then decided to carry on to see what else we could find.  It was a good walk in the end, took us through a little wood and took us to a field by a stream - perfect football / cricket grounds, definitely a place we could go with a picnic in the summer.

Tom and his sheep.

We then headed back to Kirkby and went to Emily's for lunch, then a quick stop in Booth's before heading home.  Once we had got back home, we were all feeling pretty rubbish,  Tom said he wanted to watch Totoro on the telly, we all thought it was a good idea, so we got out the duvet, mulled wine, crisps and soft toys and lazed on the sofa for the rest of the afternoon.  It must have done us good as we all felt a lot better on Monday when we woke up.

Sick Day