He made it .
At around 7.15am a lone cyclist appeared around the village green in Walberswick. He hadn’t lost the other 2,000 cyclists , just said good-bye to them at Dunwich and peddled another 9 km ( totalling 209) on for a full English at Shirley Ann’s .
It was good to have John home safe and sound …I always worry.
Changing the subject somewhat, as you probably know ,I have a dear friend, Hazel, who I met through The Compassionate Friends.
Hazel also became a friend to Grandmama , as she too ,had trained as a nurse at St.Mary’s and now runs the museum there .
Tragically, Hazel’s daughter ,Laura, was murdered in the July 7th London bombings, ten years ago . Through Hazel ,I have met Julie Nicholson whose daughter ,Jenny, also died that day .Laura and Jenny were travelling in the same carriage on the Edgeware Road train ,when that bomb went off. Since that dreadful day Hazel and Julie have become friends.
Julie has written a book ,’Song for Jenny’ , which tonight is being showed as a drama on BBC1.
I don’t know what to say except ,Julie is a remarkable ,honest,grieving,kind,woman..and I for one ,will be watching it and hoping it is televised in the way ,both she and Hazel think is OK
I’ve been wondering if Julie’s programme was as you hoped? I can’t imagine we’ll get to see it here.
And on another note, how could anybody add another 9km to an already cycled 200km. He’s mad!
I’ve been wondering if Julie’s programme was as you hoped? I can’t imagine we’ll get to see it here.
And on another note, how could anybody add another 9km to an already cycled 200km. He’s mad!
I’ve been wondering if Julie’s programme was as you hoped? I can’t imagine we’ll get to see it here.
And on another note, how could anybody add another 9km to an already cycled 200km. He’s mad!
I think having met Julie, and knowing Hazel , i feared there might be some parts that Hazel couldn’t bare to see or would cause her too much pain , but the only comment Hazel texted me afterwards was that that the drama had depicted her daughter , Laura accurately ,as she stood on the Edgeware Road train .Laura had very beautiful curly hair .
Personally I found the beginning Nicholson family scenes a bit cheesy , but on the whole ,incredibly moving and honest .
The news report an incident like this as ‘a tragic event’ ..for those people it is not an ‘event’ ,but an overwhelming life-changing on-going hell, that they have to learn to live with/through/alongside.
As for John – him cycling the extra 9km , meant I didn’t have to get up at 6.30 and drive to Dunwich – isn’t he kind ( or aren’t i lazy ?!)