June 2016 – A second Trip to Exmoor and Further Health Update

A phone call and a summons to see my Haematologist in a few days time meant we had a couple of days free so we headed back to Exmoor for two nights in the village of Fitzhead staying in the delightful Inn there.  We travelled down on Sunday morning and managed a six mile walk in the countryside around the town of Wiveliscombe.  We enjoyed the walk and completed it just before the rain started.  It was the longest walk for some time and we were pleased with our performance!

 

The next day was spent travelling from Bishops Lydeard to Minehaed and back on the West Somerset Railway.  It was a lovely journey and we were so taken with the stations that we visited several by car once we had finished the train ride. The stations are so beautiful and immaculate!

We completed the day with a trip to Cleeve Abbey complete with a marvellous gate house shown here.

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On our way back to Fairford we visited Lytes Carey Manor with the wonderful topiary in the gardens and also the austere Barrington Court.  That said the gardens at Barrington Court were quite lovely

GERRY HEALTH UPDATE

Gerry’s consultant has confirmed that Gerry has High Grade Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma as opposed to the low grade which manifested itself two years ago and which has been under control for the last year.  The consultant wishes Gerry to start a chemotherapy programme leading to a stem cell transplant as soon as possible. The treatment will involve several stays in hospital of four or five days and one of at least 5 weeks.  Once that is all complete, it is envisaged that a course of radiotherapy will be required. The chemo regime is going to be a lot harder than the last time and will mean that we will be out of normal circulation for the next few months at least.  We remain positive and look forward to resuming travel next year.