Peterborough - better than you think

[altariel]

Like mraltariel, I was surprised to find that contrary to the impression given by, well, the railway station chiefly, Peterborough is not 'orrible after all. Quite the reverse, in fact. The cathedral is particularly beautiful, although - as seems to happen to me a lot - the unique Gothic west front was covered in scaffolding. Everywhere I go, a scaffolding company seems to be a fortnight ahead (the Brandenburg Gate was a particular blow). Just as we were getting tired of wandering around, and were glumly thinking about resorting to the museum, a market researcher offered shelter from the rain, a cup of tea, and a means of killing twenty minutes.

We were in Peterborough to sort out Mr A's passport, after the tumble dryer's wicked assault on it last week. The agency which deals them out is apparently now called the Identity and Passport Service. Identity Service? What's all that about? "Ooh, I must take my identity in for a service..." Also, the Union Flag seemed to be flying everywhere. I thought this might be because we were in UKIP country, but apparently government buildings can fly them at their discretion. Have they always been doing this and I just haven't noticed?

It was a good day to be out in the fens, because it kept switching between bright sunshine and sudden showers. On the train back home, between Manea and March, you could look out and watch the heavy dark clouds hanging over a silvered bit of clear sky, which suddenly merged into a haze of grey across where the rain was falling.

All day I had a shocking pain in my diodes sharp pain stretching from my right eye down through my jaw and to my neck, which generously brought with it sudden waves of nausea. It's still hanging around today, though it's not quite as bad. Is there something going round?

Oh, and Peterborough railway station did me a brilliant bacon buttie while we were waiting for the train home, so I shouldn't scoff at it either.

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I get migraines without visual effects: severe headaches on the right side in my case, with nausea and sensitivity to light and motion (being in a car is not nice). I used to be incapacitated for up to three days, but Imigran tablets work a treat.

It could also be your neck being out of alignment though if you haven't had them before. I think that can cause nausea.

Vila has the perfect icon on his LJ but it seems I don't.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

That's the second suggestion I've had for Imigran, so I'm definitely going to try that, thank you. I've not had a stress headache in months, and I'm guessing it's something to do with not being sure about when we're leaving for the US, and slipping from my usual exercise routine.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Can you buy Nurofen over there? They do an over the counter migraine tablet and also tension headache ones, both of which work well. Up till now, only Imigram did anything for me, but it does have a disconcerting side effect (heavy-feeling arms and tight throat) so I use Nurofen if it's just starting or isn't that bad.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ordinary Nurofen doesn't work for my stress headaches, alas, although I haven't tried the migraine version.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Ordinary Nurofen didn't work for me either. I was actually amazed that the migraine and tension headache versions did because I'm used to pain killers being useless because they're only tested on men.

[googles for UK sites] This is the migraine one and the tension headache one comes in a similar silver packet.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this. I went and had a long chat with the pharmacist, and we um-ed and ah-ed over the Nurofen, and then settled on Syndol. I've had a nap this afternoon and my head is definitely feeling much less flaky.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

If you've had the headache this long(!), I doubt the Nurofen would work. I use it to kill headaches at the start. I do hope you're feeling better soon.