We went to spend a couple of nights at the King's Head in Masham, and I had planned an "All Creatures Great and Small Nostalgia Tour". Unfortunately the plans of mice and men............
Let me take you back a few days. Last week Dot had phoned the GP for a repeat prescription, and the upshot was that I went to collect it and have it dispensed at the chemists next door. I had seen the prominently displayed notice which warned that certain drugs were difficult to come by and may not be immediately available, so I was hardly surprised when with the prescription I was handed a note that asked me to call back at 11.00 am the following morning, as part of the prescription drugs would not be available until then.
On calling back the following morning I was told that there was a supply problem and they would not be available until early January. Dot, being a nurse, and knowing the ins and outs of the profession said we'll go and get the prescription and have it dispensed somewhere where they have the necessary drugs. Unfortunately as part of the prescription had been dispensed we were unable to do this, so a return visit to the doctor the following morning (as an emergency) to get another prescription ensued. Another nearby chemist had the necessary drugs in stock and was able to dispense them!
As Dot had been examined by a locum, there was the suggestion that (after consultation with the specialist at BRI) she should go there to be looked over! So on Wednesday morning we made a visit to BRI and a wait (for me) of an hour and a half followed.
We set off up to Masham, and Dot was not too good on Wednesday night, so she visited the local GP in Masham (again as an emergency) and after about an hour and a half, during which the Masham GP had spoken to a consultant at Harrogate General Hospital it was suggested that Dot should go either there or to Darlington as it was suspected that she had contracted shingles, and there was pressure on her optic nerve!!
Dot's response was, "We're on holiday, can it wait until Friday morning, when I can call in Harrogate General Hospital on the way home?" This was the agreed plan, so after more medication being prescribed we set off for a run, calling at Leyburn, Redmire, Castle Bolton and the local St Oswald's Church, and then on to Bedale, [which we had planned on visiting on Friday morning instead of the now planned visit to Harrogate General Hospital!]
So Friday morning, after breakfast we bid adieu to Masham and headed for H.G.H., where Dot had her eyes examined by a consultant, had umpteen boxes of pills, potions and drops dispensed and told to call back on Tuesday morning. Some two hours later we were heading for home!
Oh! I did manage to get some good photos of Masham, both during the daylight hours and at night. I had taken my camera tripod up with me this time, so could time expose during the darker hours!
The doctors surgery and nearby chemists shop in Masham
Masham Parish Church, at the eastern end of the square
The shop on the left is known as Joneva and sells all the old fashioned sweets you will remember from your childhood
Christmas decorations and illuminations in the square
The King's Head at night time
The Parish Church, illuminated at night time
The stable block, at the rear of the King's Head.. (We stayed in the building on the left in the foreground)
Our room during the hours of daylight!
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