• Jane Wilkinson
  • Jane Wilkinson

Career Break Besford

A 129-day adventure by Jane Read more
  • Dad

    January 21, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌧 2 °C

    Got a call to say Dad had fallen in the shower again, and split his head open.
    Went to Redditch hospital, in a little bit of snow, and had to wait 4 hours for him to be seen. We went well prepared this time, with sandwiches cake and magazines, and dad was fine for the first hour, eating cake whistling, drinking coffee, but obviously got more and more agitated and angry. Eventually the security guard locked us in a private room!! Not really the solution we were hoping for. Not least because quick treatment would have prevented the problem but also because locking dad in a room only makes him worse. Eventually he was glued, and we took him back. He was very glad to be back at Hawthorns, and the staff were lovely as always.Read more

  • Work

    January 24, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

    Blocked in by tarnacers in the morning. Dropped some clothes off at the charity shop, and went to Bovis for 5 hours.

  • Burns night

    January 26, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

    A cellist and guitarist came to Hawthorns to play for the residents. Very good and perfectly tailored for the residents. Dad whistled along, but was a bit restless. A bit sad because he was back to normal again, after being so lively on Wednesday.

    Burns evening at Patti's in the evening. Great evening. Met James new girlfriend who is very nice. We had haggis, and a £150 bottle of whisky. Max did the poetry readings and turned out to be a great natural reader!
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    Trip end
    January 26, 2018