By Gillian We’re determined to try to do interesting things this summer while we can, rather than sitting at home and feeling sorry for ourselves. There is a very good local theatre in Malvern and we are making a point of going there once a month or so. Chris isn’t really up to going out […]
We arrived in Cardiff at lunch time on the first day of our holiday, checked into the hotel and went to find some lunch before meeting the rest of our party and heading off to the National Museum of Wales. We were shown the exhibits by various luminaries of the museum, including Richard Brewer and […]
Yesterday we got home from our coach holiday in Wales. It was something that we had planned would take place soon after my chemotherapy finished, back when I was coping quite well with it. At that time we were confident that it would be no problem at all, but the later cycles of chemotherapy were […]
As I mentioned on Sunday, Gillian’s sister (J) and her boyfriend (P) came to visit this weekend. We had a fairly quiet Saturday, and in the evening I cooked a chicken Véronique with locally grown asparagus, which was delicious. It’s a very light, summery dish that I’ve grown quite fond of. The grapes soften and […]
We went to the theatre this afternoon to see Agatha Christie’s play Witness for the Prosecution, which was put on at the Malvern Festival Theatre, our local. I don’t think it was one of her best, but it was quite fun, and the actors — a professional touring company — did a good job of […]
By Gillian Last night, we had a real treat – we went to a live recording of “I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue” in Cheltenham. Some of our further-flung readers may not appreciate the reference. ISIHAC is a long-running and much-loved comedy on BBC Radio 4. The self-styled “antidote to panel games” has become a […]
I normally like to go to the theatre in the evenings, as it makes it more of an occasion. These days, however, it’s too tiring to stay up so late; I’m normally in bed by 10pm, if I can even last that long. It seems a shame to give up on theatre trips, though, when […]
By Gillian I was reading our local paper last night, and saw that there was a good review of a play at the Malvern Theatres. Tom Conti (of Shirley Valentine fame for those of us of a certain age) was starring in a comedy “Wife after Death” by Eric Chappell. I thought that we could […]
In spite of a slight hiccough yesterday, it has been an extremely good week. I’ve been on three excursions, received some test results, had very little pain, and even sold some redundant photography gear on eBay. On Monday Gillian and I went to visit Gloucester cathedral. I remember it as being full of light, and […]
Yesterday Hugh, a friend and former colleague, picked me up at home and took me to visit Croft Castle, which is about an hour’s drive away. It is a grand old building, but not the first built on the site. There have been Crofts living at Croft Castle since 1086, although not without interruption. The […]
