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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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Forest Events have moved

Forest Events have moved The Forest of Dean Events section has now moved to a new dedicated domain. We were getting so much traffic for the events that sadly it was affecting our little blog, so please pop over to Forest of Dean Events I am currently populating the site nd hope to have it all finnished this weekend.  

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Zoe Ball will announce Cinderford’s winning Coronation Chicken

Zoe Ball will announce Cinderford’s winning Coronation Chicken on radio 2 For many one of the best bits of the coronation  day will be seeing a tiny, inch wide, plastic crown that cost a few quid from Amazon placed on the head of a chicken. The town of Cinderford in the Forest of Dean will literally be crowning its own …

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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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A touch of Spring

A touch of Spring The last couple of days have been frosty in the mornings , but later in the day we have had some lovely sunshine and i can see some colour coming in the garden at last. We have also had some gorgeous sunsets. A few pics here to hopefully brighten up your day. Volunteering If you are …

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Happy New Year

A Happy New Year from Vanda and Eddie We would both like to wish all our friends and visitors to our website a very happy and prosperous new year. It has been a momentous year for us all but one thing is without any doubt at all is that we made the right decision to move to Cinderford. We like …