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Wales V England
Yesterday afternoon the doors to the pub opened and we met in the Castleford Arms to watch Wales v England in the rugby.Severn Lounge was transformed into a sports bar, serving traditional ‘pub grub’ – burger and chips with a pint of cider! What more could you want to watch the rugby with? We had…
Read MoreShrove Tuesday
Pancake Day was a flipping good day with lots of pancake flipping. Our residents enjoyed choosing their own toppings.
Read MorePancake Day
The residents ate pancakes for their pudding on Shrove Tuesday. Some residents, including Pauline, Eileen and Audrey had some fun tossing the pancakes, in the afternoon. Rosemary gave it a good go, even from her bed! Some of the staff had a competition to see who could toss the pancake the highest, which Edith, Judith,…
Read MoreArt and Craft Exhibition
Arts and craft activities at The Orchard continue to thrive. Our residents are producing some excellent work, which we hope to display for family and friends to see as soon as possible. The artwork is varied and includes button art, water colour paintings, ceramics and découpage. We hope to organise a small exhibition of the…
Read MoreBird Feeders
This morning we have been busy making some bird feeders to hang out, I’m sure we will make lots of new friends in the garden!
Read MoreTatt-urday!
Last July we held our extremely successful ‘Inking and Drinking’ event, which went viral and was a massive hit with people at Castleford. Our lovely resident joined us in December 2021 and told us she has always longed for a tattoo. So today we made that happen! The doors to the “Castleford Tattoo Parlour” opened…
Read MoreFlower Arranging
Residents at the Mynyddoedd Mountains have been busy today flower arranging for a new week to brighten up during this awful weather!
Read MoreSt David’s Day Preparations
Archie, Fred and Tom making daffodils this morning ready for our St David’s day celebrations and Tara has been helping to create the Welsh dragon – fab job guys!
Read MoreHaircut & Polish
Some of the residents enjoyed having their hair cut and dyed today thanks to the fabulous Melissa Rice. Some of the gents also had help polishing off their boots! Looking gorgeous everyone!
Read MoreRice Crispy Cakes
Our ladies had a wonderful baking afternoon with Charley making rice crispy cakes. They enjoyed mixing and of course testing!
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