As usual in November we bought Early Bird tickets for the National, fortunately not for all five days but for two unspecified days each. We went on Friday and met up with Jocelyn and family who had planned to go to the festival that day then join friends camping in a national park where the adults could celebrate one of their company's 40th birthday and the children could run riot generally.
It was lovely to catch up with Jocelyn, Jason and grandkids (2 y.o. Vida is growing apace) as well as to enjoy some of the festival's music and other attractions and meet some friends. You fill up on a year's worth of good vibes as everyone has a smile on their face and a friendly word. The atmosphere is perfect and it did Philip the world of good, taking him out of himself.
We ended up going again on Sunday (we especially enjoyed the Great Poetry Debate) and this time Philip was able to do without the wheelchair which is not especially easy to push across sloping gutters and grass. His walking is quite slow and he needs a steadying crutch.
Hopefully the anti-cancer drug which Philip will have been taking for 2 weeks come Thursday is beginning to work. He is not spending as much of the day sleeping so that is definitely an improvement.
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