Due to leaves on the line....

A favourite amongst cancellation excuses, along with 'the wrong kind of snow', excessive heat, and now the emergence of 'operational requirements'. Perhaps it is just me, but I always thought that operators, whether they be airlines, train operating companies or bus providers had an operational requirement to operate services as required by a fanciful document known as a timetable? Oh dear, clearly out of step with the modern transport revolution.

And so the transport excuse malady has spread, infecting amongst others the renal nutritionists in the North Shore hospital. They have been smited by that pervading HR curse of 'staff shortages'.

I know this thanks to an undated letter from my local health board, announcing that my upcoming appointments with the renal dietitian had been postponed until 2014. That does seem excessively long for our small renal clique. perhaps my lovely dietician had moved on to pastures new. a shame really, as she was extremely cooperative and reassuringly left my diet alone. Her mantra was 'a little of what you fancy does you good'. 

I only neglected to hear the word little.

So my diet appointments had been moved to 2014, which was odd as we had cancelled our remaining sessions, due to Andrew's requirements, and plenty of salad leaves on the line.

Dietary-wise I  shall keep swanning along...