Surprise surprise!

Just wanted to let folk know that Frank has not been well and this morning (friday 23rd November) had a heart attack while trying to win at the Gala! Blackpool Victoria Hospital – where they do the triage – with a stent fitted to the left ventricle but some complications with furring of the right one.

Frank Update Monday 25th November) - First thanks for your support and thoughts. Frank is progressing well and when I visited him on Sunday morning he was out of bed, cheery, looking much improved. However he is still rather poorly with the consultant arranging a MRI Scan today with the prospect of fitting a pace-maker combined with a implanted cardioverter defibrillator – the pacemaker to regulate the heart beat and the ICD that send an electric shock to the heart that reboots the heart and gets it going again.
The prospect is that he will be staying with the excellent team in the Lancaster Cardiac Centre based at Blackpool Hospital for at least the next week. http://www.lancashirecardiaccentre.nhs.uk//

Again we appreciate all your thoughts and wishes for Frank’s speedy recovery! I’ll keep posting updates!

Austwick Halloween

After only a couple of weeks to get the event organised it became the best ever raising £1055.00 for Austwick School PTA! Brilliant support with kind folk donating charity auction items that were sold for reasonable prices that should help people look forward to next year!
The village trick or treat wander was guided around the village by "responsible adults" led by the wicked queen with out "batty boy" who opted to get ready for the auction of gifts and the pub quiz!

The some 30 children were given treat or treat bags with starters of cinder and bonfire toffee then parade to village homes for top ups, returning to the Game Cock for hot dogs and pumpkin carving! The auction raised over £800 with the pie and pea supper over £300! The throat gave up a few times but with Crafty Devil on tap I was able to project the voice and get everyone involved! A pub quiz could well be on the Game Cock social calendar! Eric and Maree were so kind with a beautiful bunch of flowers given to us and an invitation for a Christmas Dinner at the pub, so we have booked in for 21st December our 7th wedding anniversary!

Yes merry Yule is on it's way with the first real snow falling this Sunday morning!

We hope to have visitors before the festive time gets underway with friends joining us for New Year. Dog sitting is on the cards over the next few weeks with Paul rediscovering life after the Game Cock as he starts a new job tomorrow, dealing with fire and flood insurance claims. Sadly he might be very busy!