Mug Shot

Grimacing gargoyle on St Peter's Church, said to be the inspiration for the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland.

Cottages on Vineyard Street

I am currently a week into some time off work… and it’s great!  This two-week break is the longest period of time I have had at home (that is, at No. 6) without having to dash about the country or being required to do something or be somewhere, since returning to the UK two years ago.  So, to all intents and purposes, this is the longest period of time at No.6 since May 2010!  It has to be said, it has been a long-time-coming over the past few months.

Other than the cookery course, the only other things in the diary have been medical appointments – seeing the diabetic nurse and a ‘top-up’ with the chiropractor.  Both were positive – with my HbA1c blood sugar reading going down and losing a few more kilos / pounds.  The visits to the chiropractor are also paying off as Paul and I went for a walk to Belas Knap Long Barrow* on Sunday morning and, whilst it is quite a steep climb, I was still able to proclaim that I was walking with no pain and ‘normally’!  Yippee!

​The only other things I have been committed to have been Winchcombe related:
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• Winchcombe Christmas Festival preparations are underway!  I sent out approximately 160 information emails and Stall Application forms to a wide variety of retailers.  We have received 54 applications so far – pretty good going for mid-August.

• https://www.winchcombe.co.uk/winchcombe-christmas-festival/
• https://www.facebook.com/WinchcombeChristmasFestival/
• https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/winchcombechristmasfestival/

• I will be attending my first ‘Winchcombe Together Association” meeting this week too.  I was recently asked if I would be interested in joining the committee and, of course, I jumped right in.  So, check out this web-page and see how the fame has gone to my head(shot)?!

• https://www.winchcombe.co.uk/winchcombe-together/ (scroll down to bottom of page)
• https://www.facebook.com/expwinchcombe

“Promoting, enjoying, enhancing and sharing our lovely town;   Winchcombe Together is a group of community-minded local residents and business people whose overriding passion is to promote, enjoy, and enhance the appeal of our lovely town – and everything that it and the surrounding area have to offer”.

It would be great if you could check out the websites and also 'follow' both of the FB pages, and share as appropriate.  Thanks!
 
* Belas Knap is a particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow, with a false entrance and side chambers. Excavated in 1863 and 1865, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.  It is an English Heritage site.