Bird Feeders

We had a fun morning creating some bird feeders for our garden. We used some cheerios and some other cereals and piece of string to create some feed for our birds. We then popped them up in some of the trees in the garden and wait for the birds to come!

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New Member of The Team

We have a new, smaller minibus -a Fiat Dublo, which Ali went to collect from Castleford in Chepstow. Some of the residents have enjoyed trips out in it already and really like it, as its smaller than the other big minibus we have.

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Inking & Drinking

This afternoon we learned that most people have a wild side and we wanted to explore that! We also wanted to try something very different so we opened our own ‘Castleford Tattoo Parlour’ People have visited the parlour, set up in the Severn Lounge, to receive temporary tattoos of their choice! We did this whilst…

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Penny’s 50th Birthday

This beautiful lady celebrated a big milestone – 50 years old! Surrounded by family and friends, and of course her Lodge family, Penny celebrated in style!! Her beautiful cake was made by Lyndsey Eden.

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Sampling Saturday

Today, back by popular demand, cheese tasting has made a return! This morning we visited Chepstow Farm Shop and picked up a selection of cheeses! We asked people what they wanted to try and the most popular answer was cheddar and Stilton, so that’s what we got! To accompany the cheeses we had both white…

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Pamper Day

Our wonderful ladies and gents enjoyed a great pamper session today. Tracey gave our residents some beautiful cut and blow drys, and they all enjoyed the afternoon pamper!

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Time for Tea

It’s been so lovely to be able to go out and about again on trips in the minibus, one of our residents is all ready to go.

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Baby Bird Rescue

This baby bird had fallen out of a nest at The Orchard and needed some tender loving care. We safely placed him into a tissue lined container and took it indoors for the residents to have a look. Luckily, we found a local man in Monmouth who rehabilitates birds and owls and the baby bird…

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