The Unit. Day 5

LB seemed a bit odd when we visited. A mix of unusually cheerful and slightly different mannerisms. He was in his room where he spends his time when he’s not in the bath. His eyes seemed small and his face a bit puffy. I suppose he’s coming up to the best part of a week now without daylight or any exercise.

Rich tidied his room up while I drew him an Irish lorry from County Mayo.

“Where’s County Mayo Mum?”
“I dunno whereabouts it is. Hey, let’s look at the map K brought you and see.”

Silence.

“Where’s your map, LB?”
“I threw it away Mum.”
“Eh??? Why did you throw it away?!”
“I threw it away Mum.”
“Oh. Did it get torn or something?”
“Yes Mum, it got torn.”

The Leamington ladies

This is a warm tale of some kind women I met in Leamington Spa.  First day as a postgraduate student. I had two full days of meetings so I booked into a hotel in Leamington for a treat. Got to the station first thing, to find trains all cancelled. Typical crap rail travel. Luckily ‘Richy to the rescue’ was working at home. He picked me up, drove me to Leamington, dropped my bag at the hotel, then dropped me at the university just in time.  Several hours later, I was back in Leamington Spa, looking for the hotel.

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