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Forest Sensory Services Goes Bowling

Forest Sensory Services (FSS) Goes Bowling Yesterday ( 17th November ) I took a couple of lovely people, Edith and Norman from the Forest Sensory Services  to Gloucester 10 pin bowling. The Bowling centre is on Gloucester ring road not far from Sainsburys supermarket.  The FSS is a Cinderford Charity providing support to all affected by sight loss and hearing loss …

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Retirement update – Retirement and being retired

Retirement update – Retirement and being retired It is quite ironic that many people told me I would soon get bored with being retired, but the truth is I am so busy now that finding sufficient time is the real problem, so I thought I would blog on Retirement and being retired. I still maintain several websites including: The City …

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Forest of Dean Hospital Update

Forest of Dean Hospital Update The new Forest of Dean Community Hospital is due to open in Spring 2024 and we have recently published our transition plans. The transition will begin within the next few months, with teams and services gradually moving out of the former hospitals to the new site. We had previously planned to move the existing X …

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A Busy month

A Busy month This month has been full on. As regulars here know for the last couple of years I have hosted a calendar of events for the whole of the Forest of Dean. It was very succesful but really got in the way of other things I wanted to say here, so I have launched a brand new website …

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Big changes to the garden this year

Big changes to the garden this year As we get older our requirements change so this year we have decided to change our priorities. We still plan to grow a fair amount of vegetables ( mostly in containers ) but there will be less greens, more flowers and more fruit, so that is why there will be big changes to …

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Forest of Dean Holidays

Forest of Dean Holidays There are many reasons to take Forest of Dean Holidays and here are a few of them by someone who lives there. The author lives in Cinderford, one of the most central of the Forest of Dean towns and this website is here to provide information about the area and the events and festivals held here …

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Damning Report on Cannop Ponds

Damning Report on Cannop Ponds   On 1st & 2nd of February Team Cannop raised funds to get an engineer to come out and give us his professional opinion on the issues we face at Cannop Ponds.He also attended the meeting with Forestry England which he goes in to more detail within the pages of his report Please read his …

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New E Commerce Site

New E Commerce Site I have decided to set up a new e commerce site that sells my products . Please click here to visit it The site has only been live for a single day but we do have everything working. The site is secure and there are so far 5 services for sale. It is also a demonstration …

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Sponsor Life in the forest of dean

Sponsor Life in the forest of dean Become a Partner with Us We are looking for a Forest of Dean Company to work with us in supporting the Forest of Dean. We are based in Cinderford. Sponsor a life in the Forest of Dean and advertise your business.  We have a large audience of Gloucestershire and Forest of Dean visitors …