So much has happened since we last communicated it is difficult to know where to begin. It all started two Sundays ago when I had a phone call from Mrs Claus' Mum to say that her Dad had sadly died earlier that evening. As you can imagine our lives have been in a certain amount of turmoil since, arranging the funeral, letting people know and trying to make sure that her Mum had all the support she needs to carry on. Friends and neighbours have been wonderful with lots of support and good wishes and constant deliveries of flowers and cards. Mrs Claus, her sister and I went to see Dad in the chapel of rest - he looked very serene in his gown with a little smile playing around his lips.The funeral was very peaceful, a celebration of a long Christian life followed by a short ceremony at the New Sherwood Crematorium, run on eco-friendly lines. The floral tributes were wonderful.
At the small gathering after the funeral my mobile went off advising me of an alleged assault by one of my staff on a service user so the following morning was straight back down the A1 and into a round of evidence collecting and disciplinary hearings. I am pleased to say that we found the allegation unfounded.
The role of an executor is a fairly thankless task and fortunately there are no major complications but that still doesn't prevent the current tally of active files running at about 30 with correspondence and phone calls to match.
We hope to keep the car in the family and it could well become a learner buggy before the end of the month
March was set to be a very wet month with three Halliwick courses but they have had to be set to one side. I was covered for one last week but may run to North London this weekend as there are other complications with the team
Hugh came with us on our last trip north and enjoyed a new range of smells across the fields. Not us pungent as the muck spreading we encountered a couple of years ago but interesting enough if you are a dog. He was very well behaved at the lake we walked around and just woofed half heartedly at the ducks and geese
As you can imagine I don't feel like a long post tonight so will catch up with news in a couple of days
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