What a night!!

A huge thankyou to all of you for turning out to celebrate Daves recovery.I had an email from Dave,he said it was the best party he had ever been to! It was a great barn dance thanks for all joining in so well.Another thankyou for the donations received.A cheque for £250.00 is winging its way to The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance as we well know a very worthwhile cause.Many thanks to all of you out there for your support for us and particularly Dave over the last fourteen months.
Hope you all enjoyed the party.

60th Birthday bash

Look for the green push bike on the map

View Curry Mallet Village Hall in a larger map

1. From Junction 25, M5

• Take the A358 Ilminster Road; go through Henlade, up over the dual carriageway and straight across at the traffic lights at the top of the hill (Thornfalcon).

• At the bottom of the hill, turn left (signposted Hatch Beauchamp), follow this road into the village of Hatch Beauchamp.

• At the Hatch Inn, turn left and left again almost immediately (signposted Curry Mallet and Beercrocombe). Follow this road for 2 miles into Curry Mallet.

• Carry straight on at the village green (Chapel will be on your right and council houses on your left),

• At the Post Office, turn left. The village hall is on the right hand side just past the Bell Inn.

2. From Southfields Roundabout, Ilminster (A303)

   • Take the A358 Taunton Road for about 3 miles.

   • Turn right at the sign for Hatch Beauchamp.

   • At the Hatch Inn turn right and then left on to Curry Mallet road. Carry on as above.

As you will have heard now I am whole and back to "normal". The op. and aftercare went really quickly. I look forward to being able to return to my old life and meet many of you cycling friends and others who have given me such strong support through my problems, Thanks to you all. The only problem is that some of my hair was removed, I swear the surgeon must have been trained by Big Chief Sitting Bull! Be Seeing you soon. Dave!

Whole again!!

Luckily all the kings horses and all the kings men were unavailable today at Frenchay, which mean`t the surgeons were able to successfully replace Daves original piece of bone back into the hole in his head.Val has seen him this evening and he was smiling and pleased that this bit has been done,so far so good.Other good news is that he has already eaten!He has a drain in at the moment as a matter of course,so we wait and see what the next couple of days bring.

Next Stage

Welcome back everyone,here we go on the next step, as Dave said.
Margaret and I have just returned from Frenchay where would you believe it we had a picnic!The only difference being we fed Dave as well this time.
The plan is hopefully, that his op, the one to mend the hole in his head, will take place tomorrow(Monday)and if all goes well he shouldn`t be in for too long.Dave scored 15 out of 10 for a range of questions like no smoking, no alchohol, no tablets etc as you would expect!!
He has made excellent progress, thanks to all of you out there for keeping in touch with him while he has been recovering.Of course we are all looking forward to getting over this hurdle.We will blog over the next few days to keep you all informed.

Man Friday

As Val reported in the news flash, Dave has now gone home. He had his accident on a Friday, moved to Musgrove on a Friday and now has gone home on a Friday! As he has been in hospital for so long, this is going to be a big change for us all. To help the transition, care is being provided twice a day for a while. Obviously he still has some way to go with further rehabilitation and outpatient appointments and has restrictions at the moment - including, unfortunately no alcohol, no cycling and no driving! This is the start of another stage in David's recovery which is just as concerning and will include at some point, the replacement of the bone plate, to rectify the dent in his forehead. Thanks once again to everyone who has visited and sent messages, which we are sure has helped him to reach this stage so quickly. No doubt Dave will be grateful for continued contact with his friends. It is good to see you back at home Dave - good luck and don't forget your helmet!

Newsflash!

David is on his way home! Roger will be picking him up later this afternoon and taking him to West Coker. More later.