St. Giles-on-the-Heath Concert and choir update

Well I have been in the Launceston Male Voice Choir now since February and still enjoying every minute, nay every second of it.
There is a very full program of concerts up until the Launceston Show at the end of July then a 3 month break to get ready for the Royal Albert Hall concert on the 2nd November 2013.
Thought I would add a few Photos of the St. Giles-on-the-Heath Concert on 19th May 2013

See the Choir website for more concert news

http://www.launcestonmalevoicechoir.co.uk/index.html

BI & BII sections with the chairman for the evening

John Beare the Musical Director with the TI & TII sections

Most of the TII section

And Yours Truly!

Tesco Launceston Pharmacy. The End! Part 3.

The straw that broke the camels back, nay the sledge hammer really!

Let me explain, but before I do I will point you to the fact that this is part 3 so will trust to the fact that as a dedicated follower of my blog you have read parts 1 and 2 ha ha!

Well I called in on Wednesday pm as I was in the store as expected they confirmed that they (the prescriptions) had arrived but as yet had not been filled as they had not had time! So I told them that I would be making a special journey to collect them on Thursday sometime before lunch and could they please have them ready for collection and left.

Thursday arrived and went I was not feeling so good in the morning as had not slept well due to coughing so never got along there until Friday pm, at 1455 to be exact to pick them up and also Stella needed a bit of shopping, then to get her back to pick Lainie up from school!

IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN THEY WERE READY!!! AH BUT I COULD NOT HAVE THEM? UNTIL I HAD HAD A REVIEW OF MY MEDICATION!! 

I was aghast and told him (Israel to be precise) that I have a review of my medication by my doctor every 4 to 6 months and I am not having a review by him! 

This was pointedly ignored and he proceeded to take me into a side room for the review! I found it very embarrassing being led into a side room like a naughty schoolboy, well I am only 64!!! 

At this point I pointed out to him that my daughter was waiting for me out by my car and we had to get my granddaughter Lainie from school. This was also ignored and he carried on as though I had not spoken!

By this time steam was coming out of my ears and without being rude I informed him that I was not happy. I was then told by Israel that "I had to have this review of my medication every year"!!!

I sat through it almost in silence otherwise I think I would still be there now.

Well I got out eventually and we got to the school to pick up Lainie by the skin of our teeth.

As a result of this I have today rang the surgery and arranged for my repeat prescriptions to be delivered to another chemist and I am happy to make the trip into town every 4 weeks to pick them up with complete confidence in the fact that THEY WILL BE READY FOR ME TO COLLECT WOOHOO!!!! 

Also of course my blood pressure will be returning to normal as we will never have to endure the atrocious customer service and manners (or lack of them) of Tesco Launceston again. 

Oh I wonder if someone should tell Israel that I will not be having one of his "must have" reviews ever again either! 

Why am I all of a sudden feeling so relaxed, laid back and chilled?

Tesco pharmacy part 2

Much against my better judgement I let Sue persuade me to continue to let Tesco deal with my prescriptions as their customer services have assured me that the problems I have had in the past have been addressed and there will be no problem now, so yesterday (Bank holiday Monday) I put the repeats into the doctors so they will be sorted today (Tuesday) and go out to the chemist first thing tomorrow Wednesday). Well with it being a bank holiday it will be a day late so will leave an extra day to be sure and that takes us up to Thursday.
I will make a special trip there on Thursday to get them!

Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival

Well after a day of great anticipation I turned up and met Sue outside the Central Methodist Church and she told me she was going to sit upstairs. I had some doubts that that would be possible as it is a favourite spot for many! Well as luck would have it there was just the one seat left so she had about the best view in the place.
Well needless to say all went well and the audience were treated to a great concert.
We retired to the hall for refreshments after and I was as dry as a bone having put a bottle of water out to take with me and forgetting it ha ha!
You can see on the left what we sang and I felt we did particularly well.
Well what happens when you have about 90 people all in one place that just love to sing? they sing of course! So after we were refreshed an impromptu concert started, first with the Warwickshire lads singing a song or two, then us and then we joined together and sang Trelawny and because there was no pressure and relaxed it was so enjoyable! Then not to be outdone the St Petersburg boys sang a couple of ditty's.
I got home about 2300 knackered but happy and slept like a log!
Hope to add a picture or two when Sue brings them home from Stella's!