I started doing this diary in June. If you haven't been following have a look at the Cast of Characters which gives a quick low down on the essential day to day characters who are mentioned here...it will make more sense if you do.

This is late because I couldn't get online last night.

Slept in the caravan again and woke up late but feeling like I had caught up on the lost sleep at last. Spent a few hours just pottering, hanging out with the horses who seem to be enjoying the freedom of having the whole field to roam in. Will just have to watch that they don't get too fat now, although they need a bit of extra bodyfat to get them through the winter.

Set off to deliver Mary to Swansea train station via the scenic route stopping in Llandeilo for a nice lunch in one of those rather twee little cafes and got to Swansea in plenty of time. Made a mental note to take Mary to the nearby arboretum next time she is here. The arboretum has a collection of trees, one of each species which includes some really huge and fabulous trees. It's easy to just spend a whole day there hanging out with the trees and being impressed with their age, size and beauty.

Came home by the "over the top" route which always reminds me just how glad I am to be living where I do. The scenery is spectacular. I stopped off at the very top and got out of the car for a smoke. The sun was still shining although not as vigorously as it has been and there was a blustery sort of a wind getting up but the views were still magnificent.

Everybody was out when I got back and the house was blissfully peacefull. I was free to spend the whole evening pottering on the computer, snacking out of the fridge and reading books, magazines, newspapers etc. The big story at the moment and one with obvious interest for me is the transplantation of an arm onto a New Zealand guy in France. I'm pleased for the guy if it works out but not at all sure if I would want such a thing myself. I'm quite confused about the whole transplantation issue. My belief is that I would rather die a natural death than have another persons organ inside me, but then I'm not in a life-threatening situation so it's hard to say if I would still feel this way if transplantation were the only option I had to stay alive. At the same time I carry a donor card and don't actually mind if someone wants my organs. If they have a will to live that is strong enough to assmilate another person's organs then good luck to them, but I don't think I would want it myself. Another question that comes to mind is whether a person who has a limb transplanted looses their disability status, can a transplanted limb ever function as well as the original?

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