- 12th to 21st December 2025… one up, one down and just 4 more sleeps until Christmas!
- 4th to 11th December 2025… home improvements, chemo #5, and a snotty beak…
- 26th November to 3rd December 2025 – Christmas is coming…
- 18th to 25th November… the arrival of winter(?), completing projects & chemo #4…
- 9th to 17th November 2025 – Remembrance Sunday & our first visitors in Scotland…
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4th to 11th December 2025… home improvements, chemo #5, and a snotty beak…
Not sure how but I have managed to pick up a nasty cold this week and have been desperately trying to avoid giving it to Pete in his current weakened state 🤣🤣 (well, his immune system’s weakened state anyway…). I realise with my reported hip, back, hand & wrist pain and now this cold, I…
Keep reading26th November to 3rd December 2025 – Christmas is coming…
We have woken this morning to a rumble coming from the generator Scottish Power have put in our street to ensure the village has electricity throughout the day whilst they work on updating something or other which has caused all the recent power cuts… The genny, delivered yesterday, is pretty big and quite noisy but,…
Keep reading18th to 25th November… the arrival of winter(?), completing projects & chemo #4…
Since my last blog, Pete has had his 4th cycle of chemotherapy… although he’s currently feeling the after effects (extreme tiredness etc), it definitely seems to be working, as on the 18th November, two days before his chemo during the pre-treatment call with the cancer nurse, she told him his PSA count has gone down…
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12th to 21st December 2025… one up, one down and just 4 more sleeps until Christmas!
Pete is starting to pick up again 10 days after his last chemo… it’s fair to say that he is finding each cycle just that little bit more debilitating and gets a bit fed up with all the tablets & injections. Thankfully, there is just one more to go, scheduled for 2nd January 2026. At…
Keep reading9th to 17th November 2025 – Remembrance Sunday & our first visitors in Scotland…
We attended the Remembrance Sunday event at the war memorial just around the corner from our house here in Newcastleton. It was only a small event – a few prayers and a role-call of those villagers who gave their lives in WWI and since. Despite the rain, it seemed to be a well attended event…
Keep reading1st to 8th November 2025… the aftermath of chemo #3 and a time of remembrance…
Pete didn’t feel too great after his last round of chemo which is quite normal except this time it’s really whacked him out… Speaking to my brother Andy earlier in the week, he shared a theory that each time you have chemo, the starting point for your body to recover is lower than it was…
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22nd to 31st October 2025 – Bye bye Yorkshire house… buy, buy Scottish house!
👻🎃👻 Happy Halloween 👻🎃👻! Well, the Yorkshire house is finally no longer ours (mixed feelings!) which leaves us free to crack on with the purchase of the Scottish house – hurray! After our brief overnight stop in Yorkshire, we handed the keys to our agent ready for the handover & completion of sale last Friday…
Keep reading11th – 21st October 2025
Another 10 days of life has slipped by and although we might be taking things at a slower pace whilst Pete goes through chemo, time still feels like it’s flying by… although when I say “slower pace” we still seem to have been busy enough! Although Pete feels he has got off lightly with how…
Keep reading2nd to 10th October 2025… Storm Amy, autumn colour and exploring new places…
After my last blog and Pete’s new shed had been assembled, we travelled as planned down to Yorkshire house. It was only a very brief stay to collect a few left over items and have a tidy round but it was nice to see our neighbours Katie & Paul if separately & only briefly… we…
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22nd September to 1st October 2025 – Recovering from chemo #1, a World Cup final, Birthday & new shed!
What an amazing difference there is in Pete since I last wrote my blog… it’s been about 10 days and, although still feeling a bit tired / fatigued, since he finished the 7-days worth of injections following his first chemo, he’s started to feel a little bit better every day. He’s more or less back…
Keep reading14th to 21st September 2025… getting used to our “new normal”…
… with quiet days, side-effects and new projects! Firstly, it was our Louise’s birthday last Sunday (14th September) and I forgot to mention it with everything going on! We love you Louise and hope that you had a fantastic birthday with the kids! We cannot wait to see you here in Scotland sometime soon xxx…
Keep reading3rd to 13th September 2025 – Kingfishers, Heiland Coos & Chemo..
It’s been a varied couple of weeks during which we have enjoyed temperatures warm enough to require a shorts & t-shirt; wet enough to drown several rats; and busy enough to feel that there’s not enough hours in a day! We made the most of the good weather whilst it was here with several lovely…
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All the gubbins… 