Reductam ad adsubam probably miss spelt but it’s what it means to me . My understanding is that everything is reduced to the simplest
Cycling for me epitomises this . From my first Raleigh bicycle
£19 19s 9d my world changed . It was red and had Benelux gears and there were 5 . My first cycle tour was around the dales at Christmas 1967 I think .
But I digress it’s that simplicity of it all
Food , road surface , wind , rain, energy level , sleep …do it again
Everyday you focus on the next town and its name , will it have bread , what does it look like . How is my partner . Nothing else matters
Today was a case in point , set off before dawn … so hot … no time for breakfast . We find a Routier cafe which evokes such strong memories of my parents searching out one in various towns . The maître D’ greats every lorry driver with affection and is too . Towns and names whizz by . We meet a lady in supermarket car park and talk . 40 mins later we meet her again in a village where we have two oranges and great her like a long lost friend . The weather continues to decide our day . All done by 14.00 . Ceri thinks she has gone to heaven….air conditioning. I get a swim across a lake
Ceri and Neil's blogs (including Ceri's oesophagectomy) 
Hello there – your blog has just come through – what a great trip! Brings back very happy memories of when Pete and I did the same trip back in the day but carried on to Greece. ( also we camped every night but we were young and poor then!!)
Look forward to reading more
Xxxx
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Well well. Lovely to hear from you. This continuing blog has turned out to be rather used after all … total accident!
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Wonderful to read your most recent posts. I subscribed after reading your OPA blog after finding myself in a similar situation to yourself, when diagnosed May this year.
You are such an inspiration.
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Hi. Thank you for your kind words. I always felt I’d be ok in the end. The surgeons have allowed me to live such an active and happy lifestyle. I feel very lucky. Please feel free to contact me any time. I’m wondering how you found me? Was it through Henry?
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Hi Ceri. Thank you for your personal reply.
No – sorry, nothing to do with Henry.
I read your many blogs that carried your readers through the various stages of your treatments, operation and recovery. I found that reading your accounts, from the very beginning of my diagnosis, gave me something to anchor my own situation to.
I have now finished chemo and radiation (4 weeks ago) and am now waiting to have a CT scan (next week) followed by a meeting, a week later, with the Oncologist to find out how I have responded to treatment. I am provisionally booked in for surgery on the 31st October.
I have taken these treatment free weeks to pack in as much as I can before the proposed operation.
With best wishes,
Julie
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My email address is ceriwlloyd@aol.com.
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