tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post5991904328446091181..comments2023-12-01T10:35:12.938+00:00Comments on Boatlife: Cruising Aboard NB Valerie: An Answer for Bryce--One of our readersLes Biggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-52538553194835521492012-04-19T15:25:27.540+00:002012-04-19T15:25:27.540+00:00Hi Les & Jaq,
Have a look here for Healthcare...Hi Les & Jaq,<br /><br />Have a look here for Healthcare, Walk-In Centres, GP Centres and the new 111 phone line (free!)<br /><br />http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/Emergencyandurgentcareservices/Pages/NHS-111.aspx<br /><br />KevinKevinTOOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820971797758280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-80789310122556603022012-04-19T00:29:53.836+00:002012-04-19T00:29:53.836+00:00The reply solved some problems..
Bryce from Canada...The reply solved some problems..<br />Bryce from Canada, that's like saying Jaq from the USA. Both are enormous areas. I live in Burlington (The English call it Bridlington) Ontario. When Mike and Phil get settled you can talk to them. I was out to their once former home about a week ago and insisted they take a photo of me beside my Honda Ridgeline truck, with I think Phil beside me. Now you'll see why a narrow boat of any size will not fit me!<br /><br />Canada Post (and Storage as the mail locally can take upwards of two weeks to be delivered) is in the business to make money, lot o of it. have some long-time motorcycle sidecar friends livingin Canterbury. The send me care packages of publications about motorcycle which can't be<br />purchased in Canada. Sometime the uS however never Canada. The latest package arrived today, April 18.<br />The weight in pounds is seven<br /> the postage rate over seas first class was 13 quid. That same package <br />going the other way from Canada would have been closer to 20 quid or more and would have to go surface which would mean about a four month delay. What you and I would call a Number 10 business envelope with a weight of 0-30 grams;<br />61 cents for Canada, $1.05 to the USA and $1.80 anywhere else.<br />Oh and those prices don't include 13 percent sales tax.<br />----<br />I just may purchase one of the Waterways World books, if only to enlighten my sometime feeble brain!<br /><br />Mostly as descriptions here in Canada and the USA is often so different than UK descriptions.<br />For example a pond versus a turning basin...<br /><br />And then Mike told me the boats<br />stay to starboard rather than port when under way; odd as the UK drives vehicles on the side opposite to what we knew in North America are accustomed.<br /><br />You may manufacture one of those tarts for me at any time!<br /><br />And how is Les coping with his non-smoking habit. Has he been able to overcome the demon tobacco??? And maybe substitute same for Jaq's wonderul treats!<br /><br />Warm here in Lower Southern Ontario overnight into Thursday, temperature shall be hovering around freezing or a bit more than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-59323479208341345352012-04-18T15:08:11.625+00:002012-04-18T15:08:11.625+00:00Hi Julia,
We didn't try to see a GP in Whitch...Hi Julia, <br />We didn't try to see a GP in Whitchurch-we went to the hospital to minor injuries. They have a part time x-ray unit.We are registered down in Watford at a clinic there--but we are seldom ever down there. <br /><br />I'm so glad you enjoy our blog. Where are you located on the canals?<br />JaqLes Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-62656916910971072382012-04-17T08:02:51.559+00:002012-04-17T08:02:51.559+00:00Interested to read of your difficulties getting to...Interested to read of your difficulties getting to see a GP in Whitchurch. As a general rule you should be able to use a GP in any practice in the UK as either a temporary resident or as someone requiring immediate and necessary treatment.This is presuming you are registered with a practice at your UK mainland address. I suspect others will have found their own ways around the system. I had a problem in Atherstone a few years ago, but persistent and knowing the rules paid off.<br />Hope this helps and I very much enjoy reading your blog.Julia nb Even Balancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-16618434105976194972012-04-16T19:08:14.731+00:002012-04-16T19:08:14.731+00:00Oh Sally I cannot believe we will get to see you a...Oh Sally I cannot believe we will get to see you and Jo so soon! Yippee!! I will email you wiht a list of things I cannot get here and you can decide what you want to bring. Thanks so much for the offer!!<br />Love Jaq<br />p.s. yes ground almonds are lovely and so is that tart! I'd never had it before. I think they would go over quite well in the States. I wonder of hte CoOp has ground Almond meal? Cannot get corn meal here--or corn tortillas!! :(Les Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-36699906212015205902012-04-16T17:51:00.644+00:002012-04-16T17:51:00.644+00:00Les, that Bakewell tart looks wonderful. It's...Les, that Bakewell tart looks wonderful. It's one of my favorites. Here I have to grind the almonds myself (see Jaq, there are some things you can't get here either) so it's a bit of a fuss, but I do make it occasionally...yum! <br />And Jaq, we are coming over in August/Sept. What things do you miss most that you'ld like us to bring? We can bring a few that won't spoil as we are going to France and Germany first :)<br /><br />SallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com