Back in the Uk

(Lesley) We are back in the UK, at John's folks', enjoying the comforts of home.  We are done eating French pastries and back onto healthy, lovely, home cooked meals.  Mmmm.  Mhari is resting up, as she has injured her knee and can't put any weight on her left leg.  She has seen two French doctors and will see a specialist tomorrow, here in the UK.  We are hoping her injury is muscular in nature and not something involving ligament damage or a bone fracture. She is wearing a brace and has crutches.  Ann and Stanley even managed to find an old wheelchair that used to belong to Nanny, so Mhari can be pushed around a bit if needed, although she is sticking pretty close to home these days.  We were skating in Arras, France, which went well, but after the skate while changing back into her shoes Mhari stood up with the skates on, but undone, and she did a big flip, turn, lurch style fall blowing her knee out in the process.  It hurt.  Needless to say that after that everything slowed down a bit and we came back to the UK a day earlier than planned. 
Mhari is in fine spirits here and is not complaining in the least.  She has pain pills if needed, a warm cozy bed, as well as lots of attention.  John and I are sorting out plans: what to do next and reimbursement claims.  We also went out and purchased a small notebook computer to use.  It is nothing like our dearly beloved Mac, but it will suffice for now and well, quite frankly, it is cute.  It is blue! ... and small, portable, and far less valuable.
Sam is taking everything in his stride.  He went out in town today for a little shop, he is enjoying the break from the hard core travelling and…well, I think he misses the Paris Brest pastries but...
John will probably add something soon to the blog as he had been taking some notes our last few days in Paris