Up The Farway Tree

Stobo Castle and The Ball

Had a great weekend with mum at Stobo castle :-)  We arrived at 3pm on the Sunday and started off with a cappuccino and chill out in the main area.  We had a nice meal that evening and got chatting to some nice people at the table.  If you haven't been to Stobo castle, it's a bit strange in the evenings because they tend to sit you round large tables with other people.  You can ask for your own table but they don't have many of these.  It's fine if you get some nice people to chat to, but sometimes I am a bit anti social and would rather not make small talk - especially at breakfast!  Mum, on the other hand, likes to talk to ANYONE.  She started that night by suggesting everyone introduce themselves.  I was half expecting her to start a team building exercise next...

The next morning we both had a back massage which was great.  You don't realise how many knots you have until you hear them crunching as they massage the muscles.  We then felt too tired to move from the spa area so lounged around until lunch time.  Just before lunch we had the most amazing co oincidence - we met my friend Fi's sister Kat, her husband and mum!!  Fi was my good CF friend who sadly died a year past October.  It was lovely to catch up with Kat and her mum, so we managed to have some good chats on and off all day :-)   Later in the afternoon we both had a french facial and then we went along to a demonstration where they showed us how to do hand treatments on each other, with scrubs and creams.  That was good although I got the mad CF wrinkly hands doing mums hand treatment because I kept having to put my hands in water, so she said my skin was really rough on her wee hands!  For those that have no idea what I mean it's a known fact that most people with CF get really wrinkly fingers in water, much quicker than normal people. It's related to the high salt concentration in CF people's skin and can be very annoying when you want to have a long soak!

The next morning we made full use of the facilities.  We had a swim in the amazing pool. which was nice and warm and has large glass windows looking out onto the gardens.  There is a jacuzzi and various sauna and steam rooms.  We then had our lunch before heading back to Glasgow.  Wee Seb was delighted to see me and didn't give me the cold shoulder I was expecting - think he was just glad I was back :-)

Back to work wednesday and by the end of the day I didn't feel like I had been at a spa at all!! It is really busy as the locum we had to cover the missing post has now left, and the other part time staff grade is off sick.  Hopefully we will get some other people to help cover but its a bit manic again at the moment. 

Finally, just to give an update on the charity ball.   We have set a date for Sat 18th August, to be held at the Radisson Blu hotel in Glasgow (next to central station).  The theme will be Hollywood Glamour - it's not fancy dress, just get dressed up in your best ball gear :-)   Tickets will be £50, as they were the last time, and this includes reception drink, 3 course meal, wine and entertainment.  It will be a fab night I am sure!! All proceeds for Gartnavel CF Unit.   If you are interested then get in touch directly with me, or email our team address teamglasgow3@gmail.com.