I just thought i would pen to paper so to speak to support Ceri as she starts her Chemotherapy tomorrow and then starts radiotherapy  the next week. Ceri is already suffering my uprated cooking which has resulted in Ceri putting a bit of weight.It would be insensitive in the extreme to say how much but it will be good to have that in the bank so to speak when the onslaught on Deidre starts in earnest.Writing the blog today also gives  me an opportunity  to just give to and out praise to the way she is taking this head on . Not a moments pause for introspection or ‘why me’. As if to exemplify this we went on a 7 mile walk on Saturday up yo Clayhydon and the Half moon pub. We were disappointed to find it closed , but yours truly had squirrelled away some cold pizzas left over from our night of Pizzas in the wood from the Friday evening. The cider tasted really good however. As we walked over the beacon towards the monument we could see the M5 in the distance at a halt. The walk reminded me of what a beautiful area we live in . My job i all this Deidre stuff as perhaps you know is t swim swim swim . Accordingly i have done my 5km for last week mostly in the pool but a lovely swim in Port Isaac too on the Cornwall Big swim . I need to swim 40,000 lengths by New Year . So…. if you haven’t already donated to the Oesophageal Cancer Association now is your chance. £1,000 raised 4,000 to go

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 The photos are of dear friends Jonny and Els, with Cara Neil and Ceri waiting for our pizza in the woods, then Neil and Cara blackberry picking.