Saturday, June 14, 2003

 

Day 51. Sunday 15 June 2003. Norman and Ina.

I decided to have an early morning walk. I didn't go too far, my foot was bothering me still and I had the arch supported. Healing is a slow business. It was a pleasant sunny morning with all the earmarks of a hot day to come and I enjoyed it.

Today we had arranged to visit my cousin Norman Brough and Ina in the afternoon. We followed the old A6 route to Milnthorpe noting landmarks we used to remember of years gone bye.

We found Norman looking as fit and active as ever at 73 and still looking much younger with his fitness. He told me he was doing a lot of work up to 6 hours daily in Kendal as well as local, gardening and landscaping. His skills are much in demand.

I told him of our West Cumberland experiences and news and he was interested. We also met the daughter who was absent during our last visit, Jackqueline who had a small child about 3 years.

Unfortunately Vera, Norman's sister living just up the road was away. I was sorry I missed her. We have not met Norman and Ina's only boy, Andrew except when he was a baby. I would have liked to have seen the adult version of Andrew but a long running family spat going back before our last visit 3 years ago in the year 2000 precluded that.

Family quarrels are bad enough but long running ones can be tragic for everyone. Pride can be a dangerous thing.

We returned to Morecambe and for some reason I felt deflated with our visit to Norman and Ina's and I'm not at all sure why.

I feel pleased our family do not have long standing quarrels and any spat is soon over. Yes, Pride and Jealousy are dangerous.

posted by OldEric 4:16 pm