Wordless Wednesday., and a Happy New Year.

 

An old photo of sunset across the river (River Tavy) taken from our back gate.

Thank you to everyone who has visited during the past year. Happy 2025 to you!

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(Not) Wordless Wednesday.

 At the hospital I have been attending for chemotherapy they have the Mustard Tree centre which is run by Macmillan cancer support nurses and volunteers. 

You can go for a coffee or a chat. They also have fully trained therapists who give their time free. There are four therapists, possibly more.

Yesterday I went for my last session of 6 weeks of Reiki and had a lovely surprise when I got there. Another therapist has just started and gives one day a week. She belongs to "The Friends of Pentillie" and they regularly give donations to a charity of their choice. She suggested the Mustard Tree and each therapist can nominate a client of theirs for a gift from them. My therapist nominated me!

I had taken a small gift for my therapist as a thank you. They are not allowed to take money but I always make a good donation to the centre after every treatment. She then said she had a gift for me too as she had enjoyed our chats so much. What I think she meant is that I am supposed to be relaxing but keep talking until she tells me I need to close my eyes and relax.

This is what I got. The wrapped present in the front right is a mug with owls on.

There are different biscuits, fudge, chutney, chocolates, mince pies and tea.

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Wordless Wednesday

 "Treasure", a horse sculpture at Acton Scott working Victorian farm in Shropshire.

Two very much alive working horses also at the Victorian farm.

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Wordless Wednesday

 I am late posting because I have a wonderful update that I will put at the end.

Unusually for me I forgot to make a note of where I took the photos but it would have been in the Cotswolds so possibly part of the River Avon.

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I rarely put updates on this blog but want to share my good news with everybody. I had a CT scan two weeks ago and went for my consultation on Monday. I have had six months of chemotherapy which has not been easy, but I got there. The results of my scan are that the original cancer lesions on my bowel have shrunk, very small and hard to see. The newest lesions which had spread to my liver are now dormant! I will go onto hormone tablets to try and keep them like that, but don't start until the New Year to give my body chance to recover. It is the best Christmas present I could have hoped for and I want to tell the world!!

Wordless Wednesday - Broadway.

Broadway Tower.

 

Broadway village, Worcestershire.

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Wordless Wednesday - Happy Times.

We should have been coming towards the end of a Mediterranean cruise this weekend but had to cancel it due to chemotherapy. I start my 6th month tomorrow and will hopefully get satisfactory news at the beginning of December when I will have had another CT scan and got the results. Hopefully next year will get back to some sort of normal. 

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Wordless Wednesday.

 St. Lawrence Church on the Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford.

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Wordless Wednesday - 53 years.

 

October 23rd 1971.

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Wordless Wednesday.

 Bideford Long Bridge in North Devon spans the River Torridge near its estuary and connects the old part of the town, and formerly important river port, of Bideford on the left bank with East-the-Water on the right bank. It is one of the longest mediaeval bridges in England, being 677 feet long with 24 arches.

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Wordless Wednesday, Exmouth Jubilee Clock Tower.

Exmouth's clock tower is located in pride of place on the town's sea front Esplanade. It was built in commemorating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

The clock was originally wound by hand by a Council employee, however, the mechanism was replaced and the original workings are now on display in the town museum.

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Wordless Wednesday - Postbridge, Dartmoor.

 

The 13th century clapper bridge at Postbridge.

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Wordless Wednesday.

 More photos from the Garden House.

This and all his carvings were made from trees that had come down in various storms.

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Wordless Wednesday

A new post at last! We had friends come to stay for a few days in July during my once a month break from chemotherapy. It was lovely to see them and really cheered me up. During one of our days out we went to the Garden House near Yelverton, Devon. Even though it is not much more than 10 miles from us it was the first time we visited there. We will be sure to go back again!

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Wordless Wednesday Cats Memorial Garden

When our cats have passed on they have been buried in this Memorial Garden we created for them. The earlier cats are not buried here but by the farmhouse and it wouldn't have been right to disturb their resting places. There is a rose planted over each of them. 

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Wordless Wednesday - Corsica

Ajaccio Corsica

Ajaccio, Corsica

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Wordless Wednesday - Malaga

Firstly let me say that although this is a photo of a bullring I in no way support it, but it is a way of life there. I believe bull fights only take place in August which is what our cab driver told us. Catalonia has banned bull fighting, Maybe Andalusia and other regions will follow suit before too long.

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Wordless Wednesday - Marseille

 If they want to copy Hollywood, surely they could have found a better place to put their Marseille sign.

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