http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/ en Copyright 2011 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:38:41 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss My grandparents came to visit again, with great aunt Jan, and we walked down to the local village hall where there was a christmas market. The spiced apple drink smelled good and there were stalls of locally made winter things. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/11/the_village_christmas_market.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/11/the_village_christmas_market.html Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:38:41 +0000 Exquisite Corpse of a pumpkin. ]]> http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/11/my_first_halloween_1.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/11/my_first_halloween_1.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:59:12 +0000 Clare Castle Country Park today, where he showed me the disused railway station and line. He told me about Gods Wonderful Railway and how Brunel made a line from London to Truro without significant gradient, using some of the best engineered tunnels and bridges ever made. And how he made a tunnel under the Thames. Then he showed me some old hooks on the wall of a bridge and talked about the how the railways were the cutting edge of telegraph because they needed to signal between stations so the trains didn't bump into each other. ]]> http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/clare_castle_country_park.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/clare_castle_country_park.html Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:21:03 +0000 My dads sister came to visit, and we all went out to Grantchester for tea. Its a pleasant orchard where you sit among the apple trees. Then we went for a walk along the meadows by the river. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/meeting_auntie_gillian.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/meeting_auntie_gillian.html Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:03:45 +0000 ]]> http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/linton_zoo_1.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/linton_zoo_1.html Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:01:43 +0000 We went down to the village hall where they were running a jumble sale, there were lots of things for sale, mainly clothes and books, but a few other things like games and ornaments http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/village_jumble_sale.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/10/village_jumble_sale.html Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:04:30 +0000 Tomato Festival at Wimpole Hall. The growing season was a bit odd this year, so there weren't as many tomatoes ready as normal, but there were some different ones to taste. ]]> http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/tomato_festival_at_wimpole.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/tomato_festival_at_wimpole.html Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:16:08 +0000 They were really helpful on ward C3, much better than when I was in Lady Mary, and they were all convinced I was going to be OK but they had to wait for the results from the tests they were taking before they could let me go home. But now, at last, they've let me out again. Its good to be home, it'll have to do for the moment at least. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/escape_from_hospital_redux.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/escape_from_hospital_redux.html Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:32:21 +0000 I really don't like it out here. I screamed myself blue to get them to put me back where I came from, but they didn't understand. Instead they looked panicked and rushed me back to the hospital. We waited for ages to be seen, then were taken through to a curtained room where they weighed and measured and took samples and did lots of doctor stuff. After a bit of looking and discussion they decided that they were worried that I might have some kind of infection and they should keep me in so they could keep an eye on my progress. Great, more hospital, just what I need. But they've taken me to a different place this time, not so crowded, and I get my own room with a notice for everyone to wash their hands when they enter and leave, and everything. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/back_to_the_hospital.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/back_to_the_hospital.html Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:12:49 +0000 It was slightly less of a surpise meeting Auntie Lisa, she had arranged to come over for the afternoon. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/meeting_great_aunt_lisa.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/meeting_great_aunt_lisa.html Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:13:35 +0000 I don't think I like this world, its not cosy and warm like where I was before. There is space now, so I'm not all scrunched up any more, but its so much effort to breath and eat and everything. All I can do is scream. So I did. Lots. They seemed worried, like I had screamed too much. So they called someone to check on me. Poor guy hit is head on the low beam as he came into the room to see me, he didn't seem too concerned but he did want to keep me observed for a while. To be honest it sounded he was relieved to be dealing with a baby rather than some drunken people fighting in a town centre somewhere, so he was quite happy to sit with me and make sure I was OK until his colleagues had finished mopping up the drunks. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/visit_from_ambulance_man.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/visit_from_ambulance_man.html Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:12:01 +0000 My first visitors! Everyone seemed a bit surprised as they arrived just as they were getting readdy to sit down to have some food - grandad was bringing Chinese Takeaway, which my mum was looking forward to because she couldn't eat properly when I was inside her. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/meeting_great_aunt_jane.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/meeting_great_aunt_jane.html Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:07:49 +0000 Gosh, I'm glad to be out of that place - we were all crammed in so tight, so many families with so much change going on. It was so hot and noisy there, and there were always other babies crying too. They say this is to be my home now, there's my mum, Adelle, my dad, Neil, and a furry brother called Mr Jecks, he's very curious. Grandma and grandad live nearby too, its a much nicer environment here, without all those blue curtains and nurses hurting me all the time. http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/escape_from_hospital.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/escape_from_hospital.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:06:39 +0000 I met my grandma and grandad, and Sam, a doula, before they packed everything onto mums bed and wheeled us all down to the Lady Mary ward. ]]> http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/and_so_it_begins.html http://nils.hopcroft.name/blog/2011/08/and_so_it_begins.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:05:34 +0000