Bath and bathing!

I am sitting in my bed gazing out of my open window enjoying the sunshine after a lovely 5 days away. Bath is a beautiful city and the flat we stayed in was perfect. It was very central, 1 minute to the Abby and 30 seconds to M&S! My back did limit my activity but not too much. We swam in the beautiful, heated rooftop pool accompanied by raindrops. This is a strange feeling - like bathing in the outdoors. I had been concerned it wouldn't be warm enough for me but it is wonderfully warm. We visited the Abby and again saw the wonderful Bath Diptychs ( embroidered panels depicting Jesus' life and death). Visited Bath Royal Theatre and saw Pygmalion with Alistair McGowan as Professor Higgins. We had a box overlooking the stage which was really lovely and so close to all the action. Kitty visited one evening from Stroud which was really lovely. I even managed some shopping on my own.  We had afternoon tea in the baths,  lunch in the theatre restaurant, hot chocolate in the pump rooms ( imagining I was Jane Austin)  accompanied by a strings trio, and many cups of coffee from the lovely coffee machine in the flat. Most of our meals were courtesy of M&S and beautifully cooked by Paul. I was very thankful for a lovely cosy warm flat and plenty of painkillers to help me through the week. 
My back is improving every day now - thankfully. I had started to be concerned that this would be the new normal and I think that would have then needed to involve a wheelchair, so I am so grateful for steady improvement now. It has reminded me that even though I have daily aches and pains from my hands and feet I really struggle with bad consistent pain and really feel for anyone who has to deal with that all the time. It is so wearing and means that it is almost impossible to concentrate on anything else. For me it is not helped by my kidneys which mean that there are very few painkillers that I can safely take and even then they are very low doses? Thankfully - hopefully - that adventure will be over soon. I doubled my dose of azathioprine last night and apart from the nausea I seemed to have coped with that. We will see what my bloods are like on Tuesday. 
This weekend - recovery from the week, washing, church and roast dinner and enjoying the sunshine. Time to plan the seed buying I think and get on with planting. I love this time of year. 
Photos to follow hopefully!