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Bugger! I could have took a photo on my epic ride to the hospital today.......I parked in the bike/motorcycle area, next to a R1, when I came out after visiting time he/she had moved the bike along 2 places!.

You need to get hold of Adult Social Services Clive which are part of the local authority (council), plus there are other agencies. PM me your email and I will forward the links to you. You can challenge the discharge if you feel you don't have safe provision for your wife. Sounds hard but you would be doing it for the best reasons. You have to say, no she can't come home until there is a care package in place, you have to say you cannot cope and it is not safe for her or you. You will have to explain to them that the only place she can sleep is the sofa which is not safe or suitable. First two weeks of the package is already funded without assessment. You will probably get it ongoing depending on your benefits and the assessment of Adult Social Services. Age Concern and Citizens Advice will help. It's stressful mate but you will get what is needed if you stick to your guns. Horrible that you have to do so but that is the way of things in England. If you want to discuss more PM me and I will put you in touch with my Mrs who is sorting out something very similar for her Mum.

She has compression fractures in the middle/lower part of her spine, not helped I expect with her suffering from osteoporosis..... apart from a couple of X Ray's and giving her pain meds, that have very little effect, she has not even had a doctor visit her and tell her whats what......peace & quiet!. I have that all the time But I will make the most of the ride to the hospital later.....

Oh no mate whats happened to her? Don't enjoy the peace and quiet too much, but when you gotta ride, you gotta ride

Yes....lol...Pete and Phil were pissed and I was promptly demoded...lol.

What could possibly go wrong?

I will do it if no one else want to. I would appreciate your help for the first Month @Pedro if no one else steps up.

Sorry to hear about all that, Clive.

Think I broke Pedro with the qwad...lol.

Looks like a job for @Six30, unfortunately he flounced like a pussy. Better call @Saul

Thankfully she would never get insurance for my car in the UK. She will have to get some sort of 1.0 litre car and then it won't be cheap. I don't blame her, she had a real health scare before Christmas and hasn't got her confidence back yet, hopefully she will. I will be keeping the bike around until October when she will have to reinsure it if she doesn't we will talk about it then.

May I suggest one of these.

Ride it like you stole it.

Have to wait till the doc comes to see her, and see what he says about treatment, or just discharge (fob off) her......

Sending up Prayers for Mrs. Clive... I have done the same Clive.... ya gotta Ride when you can--

Just back from visiting my wife in the Hospital, it costs £5..50p to park the car for 2 hours, i hope the weather forecast is correct, then I can go on the scoot tomorrow........free parking!.

I’ll help you with what you need. Takes a few minutes to set up the poll but it’s easy on a laptop. I also think it’ll get a better response being done by you than me, so thank you!

As I have said to @Saul we have been involved with Social Service before, they were no help, well very little help. Maybe I am being negative, but I have doubts that her condition will improve much, her age and the Osteoporosis will continue to be a problem. CISWO did more for us when we tried to make a previous Attendance Allowance claim (but it was denied)....... i will get my wife to give them a call when she is discharged from hospital What a pair We make, one almost crippled, the other deaf as a post, normal life? Forgot what's that like

Just don't try to bann the administration...lol.

Me to mate, I was a Mod on https://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/index.php Haven't had a Saab for years now, miss those cars, lots of fun back in the day here.

They will have Catu 2 wards somewhere mate, with respect that's for them to sort if you request it.

Sorry to hear your wife is having health issues Clive, I hope she recovers OK and life gets as back to normal as it can. As above try adult social services and poss occupational health. We had to do it for my mum, they weren't perfect but they did help with various things to help her mobility. We had to buy a bed which can be raised and lowered tho. Some of the stuff is eye wateringly expensive. They were reasonably good with arranging home visits by a nurse to change dressings etc.

@Clive I have sent some reading material to help you by PM.

Think we all or most started off with motorcycle has are first mode of independence transportation....and its just a normal progression to a better mode....no rain gear and freezing your arse off ...lol..my boys after they got their first cars did stop riding for sometime..then it became a sport or a hobby and eventually started riding again...think your car is about to see a definite increase in millage ...lol.

I hope so too, perhaps a bit of sun will help change her mind.

Hopefully she won't give up on biking

Looks very nice!

The Sprint is ready to be used, I won’t say finished as it has done 50,000 miles and is 28 years old, there is always going to be something. Only thing left on the list for me though is a wheel refurb and to paint the valve cover but apart from that I don’t know of anything that needs doing. Both of those will be a next winter jobs. Last few new bits for today. I bottled using the black plate so bought a new standard one. Also a new Triumph vacuum line for the fuel tap, I wasn’t happy with the line on it. Also a new knob for the fuel tap as the original one is blobbed up with Araldite or some sort of epoxy. Before refitting the clutch cover I stripped and checked the clutch. All friction plates right at the top of the Triumph spec at 3.8 mm or just above. The plain plates all had no measurable warping. I would hazard a guess that this is not the original clutch. While it was apart I fitted the EBC heavy duty clutch springs. Supposed to be 15% stiffer than standard, couldn’t tell really but the action seems much more positive. Hoping the slip I had was due to the slave cylinder which I have already rebuilt So all back together, just need to get some E5 and take it out for a shake down. Gonna wait for a dry day though and give myself every chance to get used to it before I go on any group rides. I so wanted to give it a major polishing but want to give the engine cases plenty of time to cure before touching them. They will get a satin finish and lose the shine over time, like standard.

Thats not good, hopefully she will recover quickly mate

Wales where i live was like that a few years ago, cheaper to pay the parking fine on the road and bloke the traffic into the hospital than pay the parking fine. They never told anybody but pay to veiw TV as well. so nobody had the TV on, people brought in radio's all playing differnt programs at the same time...the nurses went mental..and the doctors doing the rounds in the mornings.. So they stopped the lot...all free now in Wales. PS: get well soon Mrs Clive.

Perfect weather to go out in a leather jacket and just be out. Went up to the hill cafe for lunch, on the way there a road was partially washed out for a few meters, no issue really but impassable for cars. Then stopped for a coffee and a chat with my friends at the Dainese shop, then got groceries for dinner and now home. Must have been over 20° today, perfect but every field is still flooded and they say it’s going to rain again next week. Didn’t stop for pictures as I was soaking in the weather on the bike.

Stripped and painted. Gotta wait 24 hours for the paint to cure before I can refit the covers. In the mean time I want to check the friction plates in the clutch and fit the new springs.

First proper blue skies I’ve seen since December. Am now enjoying being home with the windows open and Spring beginning to spring, and will take the bike out for lunch today.

Our bungalow is OAP friendly, wide doors for wheelchair users, pull cord alarms in every room, and taps that help with poor strength and grip. As I may have said earlier, there are 6 of these bungalows, 5 out of the 6 have a Wet Room, guess which one does not?, we did apply for one when my wife's knees were bad, but it was refused by the housing association. She cannot lay in in our bed, she can't get in or out of it, so if they discharge her tomorrow it will be back to sleeping on the sofa. Red Cross says they are coming to see her at home, if! she is at home...........NHS, providing no help........what a shit show.

Well that was a shock, Shadow has just told me she wants to give up biking. Wants to get a car and learn to drive. I told her they are not mutually exclusive. We shall see, no rush to do anything.