Thursday, 15 August 2013

Dunorlan Adventure

our trip to dunorlan park did not go exactly to plan- although we did stop first for tea and biscuits on the terrace of the tea rooms, and admired the view from a seat at the top of the hill..someone suggested a pedalo ride and down we went to the waters edge. Eileen, mary f, Gloria and marie were up for an adventure and with some help from the staff donned life jackets and climbed aboard.

five minutes later, marie and Mary's crew led them astray, and they ran aground! They were refloated swiftly by Olly in his motor boat on his first ever rescue mission.  john and Debbie who were crewing for Gloria and Eileen fared better and could be seen laughing as they passed them on the water!  poor peggy and joan could only watch from the shore - no disabled access on the pedalo's (yet) and mary p sat talking with our volunteer Anne at the top of the hill, enjoying the view and the fresh air.

we were given special permission for our minibus driver to come down to the boathouse and pick everyone up - to save them the steep climb back to the car park, so a fitting end to a lovely, fun afternoon. 

















Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Chill out Tuesday

























our next big event....the Charity Golf Day

on Friday 13th September at the Lamberhurst Golf Club 10am first tee-off

please let us know if you would like to enter (individually or a team of 4) places still available

alternatively, you may like to sponsor the event (£25 for a hole)
all proceeds go to the Residents Amenities Fund. 

Monday,Monday

Was all it should be...! Karen, back from her holidays, A visit from elizabeth- sharing her love of poetry with Marie,Helen, Mary,Eileen, and new girl Gloria, over coffee and cookies in the library this morning...

Mary and Peggy, joan and phyl sunning themselves on the patio, patty doing a poster for us ....then sue entertained a full lounge in the afternoon, reminiscing with musical anecdotes...an impromptu photo shoot for Alphabet Bags and joan and gloria receiving visitors in the garden...a good day
















Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Show and tell!

A new activity session (idea of one of the residents) started today ... 13 of them gathered in the patio garden to share some special items, hear some stories and bask in some glory for a couple of hours! It was such good fun we hope to do it again on a regular basis.







Friday, 2 August 2013

Needle-felting experiment

Residents not too sure about this, think they may need some persuading!!




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Thursday, 1 August 2013

Hottest day so far this year ...

Hairdressing day, computer lessons and doug came to play and sing for the residents this afternoon....



patty at the computer today - she wanted to look at Flatford Mill where she spent many happy hours at a painting retreat...she really enjoyed her trip down memory lane!



joan posing with her new hairdo....
and susan was more than pleased with her new look - she couldn't believe it when I showed her the photo on the ipod!

doug wake came to play music and the residents enjoyed a sing-a-long this afternoon....






while peggy preferred to get her fingers covered in paint and work on her abstract piece of art! its looking amazing!