Review: The Pear Tree, Conservatory Restaurant. Purton

I have got to share this gem of a country hotel with you all, The Pear Tree at Purton, which is about 15 minutes outside Swindon. We had been to the Designer Outlet for a shopping spree, after a few hours, hunger got the better of us, we could have had fish and chips or various other …
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Family Weekend

At last I had an almost normal weekend, which was very enjoyable. My brother and sister-in-law drove down from the North East to spend a long weekend with me, Paige adores her Uncle Dave so we decided to have her and Imogen over to stay as well, my brother brought his teenager with him so …
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A life full of changes

Life is always moving forward, changing in some way, sometimes we don’t even notice those small subtle changes, however the bigger changes can really hit home and leave you feeling a little empty or leaving you on a high depending on the change. Since January nothing in my life has felt stable, seeing my granddaughter …
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Summertime At The Farm

After our lovely weekend in Wales with Imogen we very quickly found ourselves facing the summer holidays 6 weeks of what shall we do. This year we knew it was going to be different due to Paige being so ill, we had hoped that by July the poor little girl would be up to using …
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Liverpool Care Pathway

This is not truly a rant but it is something that has caused me to be concerned. Most of you know that I worked in care looking after mostly terminally ill people. I did a wonderful course at the local hospice that looked at every angle of death, how to help people pass away with …
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Imy does Cardiff

Feels like I am spending quite a bit of time in Wales this year, but to be honest not half as much as I would like to. My second granddaughter Imogen turned 14 a few weeks ago, so as a birthday treat John and I decided we would give her the Cardiff experience . It is …
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A Cabin In The Mountains

I have had a wonderful few days away with John, it was all very last minute but we managed to find ourselves a magical hideaway in the Welsh Mountains. John organized taking three days off, we could not leave on the Saturday as I had commitment’s here on the farm so we left early Sunday …
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Time is flying by

The stormy waters that have been my life for the past nine months now seem to be settling a little, to a gentle swell and I am still waiting for the mill pond effect to cut in. The past month has seen yet more panics in Paige’s health, I got to the point again were I …
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A Smile Is All I Need

Many of you who follow my blog know how the last four months have been , filled with torment, worry and despair, seeing my granddaughter suffering so much pain and her health deteriorating. There have been no great changes just very subtle gentle changes, after another stay in hospital. Paige ended up being admitted to Salisbury General …
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Not On The Net

Driving into Salisbury this week I heard on our local radio station that yet another of our Salisbury shops was set to close, it is Nursery Rhyme’s which sell all baby things such as prams and cots. I heard the lady that owns it giving an interview to the radio and putting most of the …
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