I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are recovering from the festivities. I know I have a few readers with MS, so I’d like to give you a special mention – I hope you had a restful, stress free Christmas.
I spent Christmas at my brother’s house, where we managed a bit of a family get together …14 of us all together on Christmas Day was just lovely ❤️
It was my birthday on Christmas Eve and I started the day with my niece and nephew, Anna and Zeb for company.
Later, we all met at the brewery, where we had picnic lunch and a good chat about beer!
After a couple of mulled wines in the village social club, we made our way to the annual Christingle service in the village church, before going home and welcoming late arrivals, Connor, Niamh, Sophie, Callum and Odin.
Christmas Day was full of joy, presents, noise, laughter, food and drink. The weather was mild and we managed a muddy walk, with Zeb as our guide. Sophie has been learning the proper way to use trecking poles, so after a quick lesson, I was off! I even had to remove the ferrule protectors and use full “spike mode”!
After this much exertion, a visit to the village pub was needed, then home for more food, more drink and a few rounds of our new favourite game “Werewolf”.
Thank you Jimmy, Gill, Anna and Zeb for looking after us so well and an extra thank you to Zeb for giving up his bed for me! Thank you also to Glenda, Axel, Fiona, Kyra and Max (honorary family member!) for helping to make this such a lovely Christmas.
My family are all wonderfully supportive of my fundraising efforts and I received various donations from them …they really are an ingenious bunch! (See latest donations and update on my Go Fund Me page for details).
My amazing children have both cut back on Christmas purchases this year and instead made generous donations to the fund …thank you both for your kindness and for everything you are doing to support me ?
The next fundraiser is the Run Through Victoria Park half marathon on 5th January …Go George Go!
A date for your diaries …
Our evening event will take place on Saturday 23rd February. We are planning to make this an evening of music, food, drink and fun! A silent auction and raffle are planned and we will also raise funds by making a small ticket charge for entry.
More info will follow nearer the time, but in the meantime, if you are able to help in any way, please get in touch. We would also welcome anything you can donate to raffle or auction …unwanted Christmas gifts, bottles, services, vouchers etc.
Fundraising page … GoFundMe
You can find out more about my brother’s brewery here … Swan Brewery
Werewolf … PlayWerewolf
Details of the half marathon can be found here … Run Through UK