Visiting Martin

A group of intrepid JGers made it to the wilds of Buckinghamshire to visit Martin in hospital. Martin's one of our support developers and he's been recovering from spinal injury for most of this year. We're really looking forward to welcoming him back.

Here are the highlights of the trip on Friday:

* A flu-ridden Sabitha and Rasha running for a train at Marylebone - it was only 30 metres and we almost had to get the defib machines out - then again 30 paces for Will, 130 for them.

* Arriving to find Martin asleep at the table in the hospital cafe.

* Rasha breaking her fast with a massive slice of cake within 5 minutes of arriving - and it then being too stale to eat.

* Us finding the most manic cabbie in the county who seemed to squeeze as many trips as possible in-between bookings, even if the fare was waiting - even if the fare was an old woman - even if she was disabled.

* Ryan having his mid-afternoon "pub platter for four" whilst we sat and chatted.

* Molly taking charge of Martin and wheeling him backwards into the pub on two wheels to shouts of "What the *^@$'s going on?!" with all his usual Irish charm.

* Us missing the train home by 1 minute because no-one wanted to run to catch it (especially Rasha and a now close to death, Sabitha).

* The 20 minute wait being an opportunity for Ryan to go and buy more snacks from the post office.

* Everyone getting home far later than intended but agreeing it was worth it having had a jolly good afternoon:

(Notes about the above - Sabitha was not drinking Lager and Martin hoped you'd find it amusing to see him with his foot up on the chair - even if it took him 5 minutes to get it there.)

He's pretty much finished his physio and rehab and we're looking forward to having him back at work really soon.