January 2015 Newsletter

Dear Friends,

We hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas, Mr and Mrs Woods enjoyed their Christmas lunch with all the residents, well done to Sue the cook for a lovely meal.  The Appledore Band came on Christmas morning and gave a fine performance.  In the afternoon Mr Woods showed photos of his Egyptian holiday on the television in the residents T.V. Lounge.

Mr and Mrs Woods and all the residents would like to thank the staff who worked over the Christmas and New Year period and also thank the staff for their good work they have done over the past year, not forgetting the good ratings from the Residents’ Quality Services Questionnaire, well done to all the staff.

Winter Solstice was on the 21st December, which is the shortest day, so the nights will start to draw out again.  Temperatures for last month were about normal 5°C to 11°C.

There were three outings in the Minibus in December, one to Hartland Quay, the second to Summerleaze Beach Bude and the third to Woolacombe overlooking the beach.

Happy New Year to Everyone.

December 2014 Newsletter

Dear Friends,

The mild weather we have had is now turning to normal autumn temperatures of single figures, however it was still a record November for above normal temperatures.

Mr and Mrs Woods went to Egypt for a week long holiday, flying to Luxor and cruising down the river Nile to Aswan and its famous dam, which holds back the water of the Worlds’ largest man-made lake.  Temperatures were 30ºC to 32ºC.  A film show of the holiday will be shown to the Residents’ between now and Christmas.

St Mary’s School Choir are visiting us on the 11th December in the morning at 10.30 am.  Last year 35 Residents came to listen to them, so I hope we have another good attendance this year.  We hope to get the fir tree soon for the Hallway in Cheverells and decorations up in the lounges and dining room.

There were two minibus outings, one to Hartland Quay and the second to Woolacombe overlooking the beach.

Mr and Mrs Woods do hope you all enjoy the extra festive entertainment lined up for you in December.

We wish all the residents, their relatives and all our staff, a

“MERRY CHRISTMAS and a PEACEFUL NEW YEAR”.

October 2014 Newsletter

Dear Friends,

What fantastic weather we have had for September, temperatures between 20ºC to 25ºC, well above the norm, summer is still with us due to the jet stream staying north of Scotland, instead of coming down to the south of England.

Thank you all for completing our six monthly quality questionnaires, we will inform you of the results in due course.

The builders are back completing room 21 balcony with new door and window, level with the balcony floor.  Robert our handyman has a brand new workshop below room 37, his old wooden shed has now been demolished and a patio and sitting area will be built in its place, so one can look down Little Cheverells garden.

Sid Stones 100th Birthday went well, his photograph in the local newspaper has been enlarged and put on the notice board in the dining room.

There were four mini- bus outings in September, Withypool on Exmoor, Summerleaze beach at Bude, Lochshore on Exmoor and finally to Hartland Quay.

September 2014 Newsletter

Dear Friends,

The weather for August was below average as temperatures were 18ºC to 20ºC, with occasional showers and overcast skies.

At the beginning of August Mr and Mrs Woods had a weekend away in the Cotswolds and also celebrated Francis Woods 99th Birthday with family at a lunch in a hotel overlooking Stroud, it was a lovely sunny day.

We went on four mini- bus outings, the first was to Tarr Steps on Exmoor.  The moorland was covered in purple heather.  We arrived on the opposite side of the river at Tarr Steps to where we normally park, so we decided to go through the river Burle and park the mini-bus, the river was quite low.  The second trip was to Duck Pool beach near the radar dishes of GCHQ, on the way to Bude, unfortunately there were no ducks or ducklings, like the last visit.  The third trip was to Ilfracombe, there were quite a lot of tourists around the harbour, some on the sandy beach in the harbour, some swimming and some boating as the tide was in. The fourth trip was to Woolacombe which was on a Sunday as Friday was wind and showers.

A residents’ quality questionnaire will be carried out this month by Joyce Copp, June Hookway and Mrs Woods.  Some of you said there were too many questions, you now have a choice of a short list or the normal list of questions. 

The forecast for September is warmer weather possibly temperatures in the middle twenties.

August 2014 Newsletter

Dear Friends,

July was very hot for the whole month.  We had temperatures between 24ºC and 28ºC.  We had to cancel one bus outing because it was too hot!

Congratulations to Phil Copp for making a lovely job of the garden, we think it is looking very nice.

Robert’s new workshop will be finished this month and we will be demolishing the garden shed in Little Cheverells garden and making good the ground it was over.

Room 19 extension has started and we hope any noise caused has been minimal.

The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have started with England gaining medals in several events so far.

Last month’s Mini Bus trips were to Lee Bay, Woolacombe and Hartland Quay.