Support groups have a very important part to play and none more so than MS Synergy that operates in North Wales, UK. Groups like MS Synergy enable people with multiple sclerosis to meet others in a similar position - while carers, family members and friends can get together with their counterparts as well as MS professionals and anyone with an interest … Continue reading Have MS? Don’t give up, join a support group
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Grateful to have left stormy weather behind
Contrasting Decembers: Floodwater in North Wales; Oranges growing in the sun in southern Spain. I feel really sorry for friends, family and others we left behind when Lisa and I moved to Spain. No, I am not being smug about the weather here; I feel genuine sorrow for the atrocious weather they seem to be … Continue reading Grateful to have left stormy weather behind
Million dollar view
Until I moved to North Wales in 1992, I had always lived in urban towns on the outskirts of south-east London before making my home in the Fulham area of south-west London. In Wales, I lived in an 18th century former farmhouse in a rural village. It was a hill smallholding surrounded by sheep farms. … Continue reading Million dollar view
Burlesque to be weekend of fun for all
Pictures from the 2016 festival and, below, organiser and performer Kimberley Edmunds (Foxee Stole). An even bigger and better weekend of fun and laughter is promised at the second annual North Wales Burlesque Festival to which cabaret artistes have now been added. And it is to take … Continue reading Burlesque to be weekend of fun for all
North Wales MS charity set for year ahead
Future plans and activities for MS Synergy were decided by members at the annual general meeting held alongside its September monthly gathering earlier this week. MS Synergy is North Wales’s own independent support group charity for people with multiple sclerosis and those affected by it, such as relatives, carers, friends or anyone with any kind … Continue reading North Wales MS charity set for year ahead
12 weeks until we leave, the countdown has begun
Our flat (or apartment) is well into its "We're moving" feel. Many drawers are already empty, wardrobes are no longer bulging at the seams but hold only the clothes we will be wearing now and during our cruise across the Atlantic and our holiday in the USA. It most definitely is wonderfully exciting and the beginning … Continue reading 12 weeks until we leave, the countdown has begun