Nothing like an emergency to throw off the lethargy of the holidays. On Sunday the sister-in-law came to stay having dropped off my niece and her university digs, on the Monday we get a call in the late afternoon from her son, to say that "dad" had had an accident (they were away skiing in the French Alps). It unfolds that he has a severely broken leg and has been transferred to the nearest large town hospital for surgery, leaving my nephew alone in the alps.
To cut a long story short we were with my Nephew by mid-afternoon on the Tuesday (not sure anyone slept on Monday night) in the Alps and found my brother-in-law in hospital. Yesterday I drove their car and my nephew back to the UK, while my sister-in-law sorts out the repatriation of her husband with the insurance company (on Sunday all being well).
I have traveled a lot and usually I measure travel by the number of disruptions that happen and yet in the last 2 days we;
- did a full circle of M25 on Monday fetching passports (7 - 11 pm) with no hold-ups
- found a flight going direct on Tuesday morning from a local airport straight to the nearest local airport to the resort in the alps.
- found a taxi driver to take us to a small resort in the alps (an off duty English teacher) as soon as we landed.
- trouble free 700 mile drive from the Alps to the UK in 11 hours door to door.
- Euro tunnel accepting a ticket for another date and a different driver without any quibbles and putting us straight on the first train.
For all of the above I can only thank God, and continue to pray for the repatriation of my brother in law at the weekend.
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You really are International Rescue! Hope everyone is now safely back home now. Ross has just got back from a week in Italy skiing and I must admit I was really relieved to have him home in in piece... first trip away from home and first time skiing (anxious mother moi?)
Thanks, yes my sister-in-law and husband arrived yesterday afternoon back from France, safe and almost sound and stayed with us overnight, today they're doing the final leg home, having collected their son, dog & car.
My daughter wants to go sking with the school next year, even given my skiing background I'd still feel nervous about letting her go!
Hope plans are going well for the 22nd.
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