Boys Ride-Out

Had a bit of a ride out with some RBL Riders Branch friends this morning, six of us. Not all made it into the photo, Rab was taking the photo, Steve has his cap peak and nose just poking in from the left!
It was a great ride, the road from Gloucester towards Ross-on-Wye is good for bike riding, lots of bends, some sweeping, a couple of sharp ones but nothing very hairy really.
We got to HR4K, a biking café near Hereford run by an ex 22 SAS Regiment veteran.
We had to wait for five or ten minutes until it opened and then we found out they were short staffed. The chef was manning the bar and was unable to make hot drinks or supply any food. So, if you wanted a couple of beers at 10 in the morning you were ok - we retired to a nearby Greggs, for those that aren't familiar with Greggs it is a cafe and take-away bakery with a wide selection of pastries, cakes, doughnuts and hot and cold drinks.
It was actually very good and amazingly cheap. I had a sausage and bacon roll and a Pumpkin Spiced Late (Decaf) for £3.20. Most places you would pay that just for the drink.
I departed from the group, although it would have been really great to take them up on their offer to ride to the Brecon hills, in South Wales, but as I was less than 20 minutes from my 92 year old Aunty Grace I said I would take the opportunity to visit her.
When I got to her house (Extra) I knocked a couple of times and noticed the newspaper was still in the letterbox. There was no answer, which worried me as I know she doesn't leave the house due to her bad mobility in her legs. I imagined her lying on the floor inside although I know she has an emergency alarm button on a cord around her neck. I messaged my Herefordshire cousin and a neighbour, who I know goes in to look after Grace. The neighbour called me back quickly and explained that she'd had a couple of falls and they called an ambulance, last night, which took her to the hospital in Hereford, about 20 minutes drive away from the village of Tarrington.
I pushed the newspaper through the door, bit of a giveaway that no-one is at home. Update is that she is on an AMR 'Ward', which is a stopgap between A&E and a Hospital ward, i.e. she's in a corridor on a 'Gurney'! The explanation I found sounds a bit better.
"It specialises in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with acute medical problems that require urgent attention, but do not require admission to an intensive care unit or surgical specialty ward."