OneGuyFromBarlick

He's all signed up and ready to go. He gets a line fitted into his arm on Monday and treatment starts on Tuesday. Fingers crossed that the weather is kind on the days he has to travel into Airedale, it was a bit stressful with the road conditions up here earlier there, were abandoned cars all over t...

Happy Anniversary and congratulations Ian and Sally!

It will Maz and I won't!

He seems to be coming to terms with things a bit better now Stanley, he has a very helpful nutritionist on his case and despite the seeming chaos of the last couple of weeks everything is hopefully coming together ready for his treatment to start next week.

The morning went well! No problems driving through Bradford or parking at St Luke's and Col passed his fitness tests with flying colours. He is fit enough for anything they want to do with him. The anaesthetist told him that it will be a 6 hour operation and he might be kept under anaesthetic for a ...

Thanks Plaques, it's good to hear of a positive outcome! I'll pass on everyone's good wishes.

Col's glass is generally half empty but he's understandably down to the dregs right now.

Big Kev wrote: ↑02 Dec 2020, 17:13 A stressful time Wendy, stay strong and think positive.

It may seem difficult but find something to laugh at.

I always do Kev, being a glass half full sort of person!

Thank you all for your good wishes. It's been a tough couple of days with lots of things going wrong. There was a suspicion from a ct scan that there could be a prostate problem and Col saw a urologist a couple of weeks ago who wasn't too concerned but ordered an MRI scan just to be certain. An appo...

If I've been a bit quiet recently it's because Col has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. It's a grade 3 tumour which can be treated with chemo and a major operation but as yet we don't know the odds of recovery and survival. The last couple of weeks have been full of various tests and as far a...

Ah, that will be a no then!

What is your laptop Ian? It might be worth seeing if Col has a suitable replacement board in 'stores'.

That's from Pendle Dogs in Need, they are very careful about who their dogs go to. Our Bruce came via Pendle Dogs as did Bing Bong Bella the 3 legged puss cat. My go to charity, I think they do an amazing job.

It's Ian's birthday!! Happy Birthday Ian...

Congratulations to Paulette!

Stanley wrote: ↑27 Nov 2020, 07:41 I sent it to the kids in Oz..... I said it was Sparky on the left, was I right?

That's right Stanley.

Becky, who comes once a week to pamper the ponies, took the photo. She has a pocket full of tasty treats and they love her! She has the knack of photographing horses and dogs.

My boys, begging for treats.

We were watching Fred Dibnah last night on BBC 4 exploring the world of early steam engines.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078kym

Urban myth Bodge! Reports of the same tale go back to 2009 at least,

Is it the organ from Bracewell Hall?

Today the vet came to give the ponies a dental examination. Dennis has great teeth for such an old boy and only needed a few sharp points rasped. Sparky has no molars left in his mouth so no work needed at all. I swept a couple of his teeth up off the stable floor a the other week! Dennis damaged a ...

I feel such sympathy for you all. I have always said I am lucky, I can sleep anywhere at any time but on my present schedule I am like clockwork, always asleep by 21:00 or even earlier and always awake just after 02:00. If I wake up I just roll over and go to sleep again. I wish there was a trick t...

Marilyn wrote: ↑23 Nov 2020, 03:58 Yes, those things are very clever and I think they would take a lot of patience.
I finished my junk art. I showed hubby, who said it was aptly named and he wouldn’t pay a cent for it.
Then I had to clean up all my mess...

I think it's brilliant Maz! Is that all from one magazine?