Friday 22nd April 2011
Fantastic weather here day after day. A week of firsts. Yesterday I went with the group of retired G Ps and locums on a tour of an estate of the ECO houses that are being built near where we live. I manage these monthly meetings which have been held for about 4 years) It is the biggest such estate in the United Kingdom. The houses are very heavily insulated and heated by a huge communal wood burner. The ash from that can be used as a fertilizer. Each house has a cleansing device so the bath and washing up water can be cleansed and used to flush the lavatory.
I found, a couple of weeks ago, where one of my ex trainee doctors was working in California. Adrian Rawlinson. My second favourite trainee!! I could not be obtain his email address is so I posted him a letter. I got a great he email back with photographs of his lovely wife and children. He told me what he was doing and wants to talk to me for 30 MINs about of project. He wants is to use Skype. He also wants to be a patron of the Castleford Choral Society!! I have this on my computer but have never used it. I contacted Martin Smith, our relation in Leeds and asked him if I could try it out with him. He phoned me this morning and told me to set up a video link with him. We had a chat while he was eating his porridge for his breakfast before going to church. What an amazing facility. The other thing I’ve done this week is to speak to publishing company based in the USA. I have written about 6000 words about my experience of the first 18 months being a medical student. I’m not sure anyone will be interested. The publishing company has an editing facility and looks good to me and makes me think of writing a book about what I think has been my fascinating life. Have I got delusions of grandeur?
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