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September 20th 2024
Medical School Day One
Mary, I and Blue accompanied Alastair to Nottingham today to get him settled into Florence Boot Hall. An early start, with the car packed so full that poor Blue had to squeeze into a small corner of the boot, meant that we arrived in good time and had a wonderfully quiet and unhurried registration, key pick-up and unloading of all Alastair's possessions into his new room. Both Jono and Georgie spent their first year at Nottingham in Florence Boot Hall but, after a £1 million plus refurbishment, the accommodation is considerably more comfortable than it was then, especially in the brand-new annexe, which is where Alastair has managed to secure a place.
Nottingham is also Mary's alma mater and she very much enjoyed seeing how much of the campus had changed since she was a medical student. The University has always run an excellent system in which all students are allocated a personal tutor to whom they can turn if they have a problem or simply need support. Mary's personal tutor, Professor Ian Macdonald, still has links with the University and it was lovely to meet up with him for lunch during which Mary reminisced about the few occasions when he had provided a shoulder on which she was able to cry.
Much as Mary and I would have liked to have stayed on for the afternoon, we were very aware that this wish, unsurprisingly perhaps, was not shared by Alastair so, shortly after lunch, we took our leave from our very excited son. Good luck Alastair.
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