Wedding anniversary
I asked her, not knowing what to expect, what she wanted to do to celebrate our ....nth wedding anniversary.
"Blackpool"
"OK - any particular things?"
"funfair, rides and all that"
"Fine lets do it, and we'll have a night at a decent hotel".

The day came and we set off for the grandest of grand days out. It was the usual northwestern UK weather, which, for those of you who dont know, involves lost of drizzle and grey skies.... in June.
It did not dampen our spirits and we arrived in that most salubrious of destinations, parked the mobile shed which passed for a car in those days, and headed off in the direction of the funfair.
We got there quite early and bought our tickets and set about trying as many rides as we possibly could in as short a space of time as possible. All was going great, until Mrs G sat down upon a bench and said "I dont feel too well".
- Not ideal given that it was only about 10AM
"My head feels all strange and I cant see properly".
- Oh bugger; what to do?
I make the decision to contact the staff at the park and we were duly whisked into the First Aid station.
This is where it all got rather surreal.
It quickly transpired that the staff felt themselves completely out of their depth with this situation and they decided to call an ambulance.
Whilst we were waiting, we had an "interview" with the management of the funfair who were awfully keen to try and make sure that this "event" did not receive any press attention. I had no idea what was going on and at this point was only concerned for the health of my wife and her immediate needs. The merest thought of publicity had not even ventured into my mind.
Once the management had left the staff at the First aid station then proceeded to tell us "dont listen to all the rubbish the management tell you" and handed us the business card of a lawyer who was "experienced in handling these types of cases".
The ambulance eventually arrived and we spent the rest of our day trip in the A&E and Neuro departments of the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The night was spent at Preston hospital (more facilities and scanners and things).
Happy wedding anniversary.
The funfair refunded our entrance fees and I never did contact the lawyer
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 23:56, 3 replies)

and the diagnosis?
Don't leave us hanging
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:37, closed)

I thought I'd left something out.
Thankfully it was nothing more than a severe acute migraine. She had never had anything like it before. The degree of symptoms she was showing at the time of presentation had caused them to wonder about some form of cerebral haemorrhage. I guess "better safe than sorry".
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 7:59, closed)

Are you a lawyer yourself by any chance?
(FondaAccord, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 14:32, closed)