John: The next few days back home were fragile, balancing pain, trying to eat to build up my strength, living out of cardboard boxes and...

John: We had been anxiously awaiting feedback from histology at the hospital - we didn't want to waste any more time before any potential...

This is a post we wrote a while ago, before the move and other things took priority, but thought we would share it now anyway... I feel...

Friday 24th November John: Today was going to be release day - they couldn't spin it out any longer and when Elizabeth, the palliative...

Thursday 23rd November John: We'd been pushing for Thursday as a release day, but it was not to be. Although a little disappointed, we...

Beware - photos you might not want to see! Tuesday 21st November Liz: Having had another sleepless night in the reclining chair I was...

And so we reach rock bottom - well done if you're still reading! I promise the next posts will turn a corner... Monday 20th November Liz:...

Thank you for sticking with us and keeping reading - it helps to be able to tell the story just once because it makes it easier. And...

Thursday 16th November Liz: John has little memory of these days, which is probably a good thing. He was confined to bed, unable to walk...

Tuesday 14th Nov John: At 6am I was sick and got up about 7:30am to move our bed from the main bedroom to third bedroom so our lovely...

Moving day was set for 13th November 2023 - the house sale was for real, with contracts exchanged for completion 14th November. Over many...

We want the kids to see our new house and encourage them to come spend time with us. We also want them to understand why we've done what...

There is a profession in home removals - not only is moving a stressful time, it's a time when time itself is precious (things have to...

This is where the hard part kicks in. Our house move will involve moving five people and three cats in four different directions! It is a...

No matter how ruthless you are about selling on or chucking out your stuff, if you live somewhere for over 20 years, it will build up....

Argyll and Bute climate is wet and mild. A quick check on the MET sites shows that there's about 3 times as much rain than in the West...

Liz : When I first talked with Kathryn about her coming to see the house and stay with us she said how nice it would be to do some...

Tuesday we thought of venturing to the other side of Loch Fyne, as little as 10 miles as the crow flies but about 40 miles drive as you...

Monday was going to be 'mixed' with weather coming in during the day, so we headed over to Holy Loch and took in Puck's Glen which is one...

It does have to be said that John is not very arty, so for him to say that paying good money (albeit only £5) to walk around a garden and...