For years Euan had his own boat and cruised the Mediterranean Sea. Together with his wife Val and he lived on a boat in Gibraltar, and you could tell how much he still loves the water and seafaring.
He happily steered the vessel ‘Alison MacGregor’ on our boat trip.
Euan was the captain for the day and he thoroughly enjoyed it.
The guitarist Nigel Revell put on a good show and everyone was in good spirits when they heard his tunes. Some Residents could not sit still anymore. They had to get up and dance!
It was lovely to see them enjoying themselves to the rhythm.
On a hot and sunny Saturday afternoon the Residents from Pines spent their time in the garden.
Here they stopped by our lovely old timer to have a little rest. Afterwards they visited the chickens and all our new garden ‘creatures’, such as a sheep, a pig and a very colourful tortoise. No worries, they are not real, but wonderful to look at
Congratulations got to Henrique Mota, Healthcare Assistant, who completed his LEVEL 2 Care Diploma.
Well done Henrique – Congratulations from all the Staff and the Residents at Birchy Hill!
Fortunately, we didn’t have to row our boat as it was a vessel powered by a diesel engine.
Our first group of Residents for the planned boat trips this year had a wonderful time last Saturday. They enjoyed the sunshine, waves and the seagulls.
We experienced going through a lock together with a few other boats, which was very exciting (especially for our Health Care Assistant Ana). We saw many cruise ships, container ships and Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships, vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars. There were fast and slow ferries and we could watch a big cruise liner being directed out of the harbour. It was a lot to see and our boat’s staff explained everything in detail.
Everybody was tired, but very happy, when we returned to Birchy Hill, and you could hear them all talking about this lovely day out for the rest of the afternoon.
Aren’t our Residents very smart looking in their blue boat caps?
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