Chantal may be feeling a bit better, but on Wednesday the doctor, aided by an x-ray, confirmed an on-going chest infection, and Chantal still gets breathless with even slight exercise. To our relief there are no apparent growths in her lungs (always, with Chantal’s smoking history, a nagging worry at the back of our minds), although the hospital has asked her to go for a second X-ray on 8th Feb, and neither us nor the doctor is sure why. In the meantime she remains off work with a “sick note” until 14th Feb.


Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.