Crystal Maze

We have just celled 15 years of marriage, apparently that is ones crystal anniversary. SWMBO spent a couple of days in London with Figs wife Marion. it was her birthday and their wedding anniversary close together so it gave Marion a bit of rest bite to allow her to go off and celebrate her birthday with her chums.

Figs cognitive skills are improving and he has more use in his left leg. His problem now is that he is more aware of his condition and therefore is getting frustrated by his lack of mobility. It is unclear what the treatment plan is going forward as he is recovering in a way the medical team did not expect. Hopefully he will get back to a level where they may be able to do something about his heart, only time will tell.

SWMBO deserved a good anniversary herself after her Florence Nightingale stint, so after a lazy morning we ventured to Port Sunlight and the Lady Lever Museum and Art Gallery which is based there. It had a visiting exhibition of Picasso lino cuts from the British Museum which I found disappointing. There were only three variations, and they were not typical Picasso as you could almost see what they were meant to be! Notwithstanding that though, the rest of the museum continues to be a wonder and delight.

I believe Lord Leverhulme was a bit of a pirate myself although a lot of what he plundered did come from various parts of the UK. His Wedgewood collection numbers some 3,000 items including a number of Stubbs paintings done on porcelain. His Chinese collection is also one of the best in Europe.

Port Sunlight has the only Hillsborough memorial which is not attached to a football group.The Unilever group wanted to show their support for the victims families and erected a small plaque in their rose garden. We visited that while we were there and I think there must have been a Pokémon Go! character or two there as well. The rose garden was mobbed with youths on iPhones searching them out.

We then popped into the Refreshment Rooms in Rock Ferry, one of our favourite eateries, and then ended up at home drinking a good bottle of Muja out of crystal glasses....very fitting we thought.