Monday, August 28 - Final dsy in Bolton

 The sky is light at 7 AM, it is not raining, and the day is cool, 55 degrees. While eating my porridge I read more about ship building in the UK. Shyamala and I discussed what I had Googled and what J learned in their book describing the coast of the entire island. The painter arrived to complete his painting of the trim of the windows and elsewhere.  Shyamala stated there wasn't much more to visit and that she would just stay at home. Today is a bank holiday, both Rajkumar and Shyamala have the day off.

What I neglected to note are the daily phone calls from both Prashanth and Joanna and Asher in Amsterdam accompanied by videos of Asher walking increasingly more conveniently as well as phone calls from Priscilla. Interesting is that she is urging her mother to stop working and travel. Shyamala says she enjoys working. Rajkumar works three days a week.

Queen's Park was wonderful as usual. A special gift was that I saw a second swan,  on one sitting at the lake Inwatched as one of the swans walked onits large webbedfet on the footpath.  To me it seemed to be looking for away, over or under the low fence back onto the pond. As I missed seeing it leave the water and return to it that is a mystery to which I will ponder a long time.

A very pleasant conversation with the park cafe staff member, my ham and cheese toastie, still water in a mainly cardboard container, and crisps plus the swans and some sun gave me a happy feeling g as I said Good Bye to Queens Park. Walking back I enjoyed one last blackberry from the Bush near Shyamala and Rajkumar's home.

Back "home" I learned of flight delays in Britain due to an air control issue. Soon after I learned the issue had been identified and corrected and many passengers were in airports across the country waiting to depart.  We fisvussed and researched and decided to drive early tomorrow to the Manchester Airport as planned. While eating supper in from of Tsmil new and the BBC we also discussed a water bird I saw at the park as well as two American physicians who came to then Ceylon as missionaries and set up the first medical school in the country in Jaffna.

Tge suitcase is packed and closed, and we leave tomorrow in the dsrk.


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