Lovely morning chit-chat thread - June 2026

Hi Stella, back to normal summer temperatures next week. I shall be pleased to see the back of this heatwave. It's annoying when your plans get disrupted like that but best get the ablation out of the way.

Hi Stella2020 

sorry to hear that the ablation has been moved. That must be frustrating especially as you have had to cancel your course again. Hopefully you can reschedule. 

Last night the temperature actually dropped here, and we managed to get some sleep at last! What a week it has been. Menopausal hot flushes and 38 degrees heat do not do well together! 

Beautiful Eddie who knew it was the UK, looks exotic and stunning.

Lee x

Hi Stella I am sorry about your ablation being moved.  What kind of ablation are you having?  I have been googling it and it seems there are different types.  Do you think you will go back to work?  I am actually enjoying being retired just miss my friends from work.

Lee x

Hi Lee

I am having radio frequency ablation. The consultant said microwave ablation is for larger lesions and primary lung tumour. Cryoablation - he prefer heat over cold but will use cryo in selected areas. 

Works is a difficult one as I have a good chance to live another 5 years but a much lower chance to be disease free. It is hard to judge on what to do. I may give it a go next year when feeling ready. Just for 1-2 days a week as I can’t access my pension yet, and I like my holidays! 

How are your fur babies? 

Winston says hi to all his fur friends on the forum. He has found metal table top much cooler, now lying on the sofa like this 

Hi Lee, these are from Scotland xx

Exquisite,  Eddie!

Whereabouts in Scotland...

Rose 

Top to bottom. 

Camusdarach beach, Morar.

Plockton. Ross Shire, NW Highlands.

Tougal beach Morar.

Morar is near Mallaig 

XX

Thanks, Eddie. This brings back so many good memories. 

I must have passed through Morar on the train to Mallaig, 40 years ago or so. Although I don't know a lot about birds, I went with a group of bird watchers to Canna, for the craic. And the craic was mighty despite conditions in our rental being very basic at the time! 

They warned me to buy rainproof gear, which I duly did, and the sun shone for two weeks straight while we admired puffins +

I remember what a treat it thatwhen the National Trust warden had us all over to Tigh Ard one evening for baths as we had no running water indoors...

And we still have the mug I bought on a day trip to Eigg.

Rose

Sounds like a lovely few weeks, in wonderful sunshine too, in some of my favourite places in the world, I'm wondering did you go to Rum?, in the top photo, in the distance are the Small Isles, Eigg and Rum. Hey the train service is called The Jacobite, or sadly more commonly known as the  Hogwarts express, and I spied the five berry blend tin behind the mug, which the kids mum used to pick up in France. XX

An oil painting of Ben Nevis from my aunties back garden.