Word of warning – Clackers are back and on their way to the UK. They are all you can hear as everyone seems to have them. Do you remember them from the 1970’s? Many bruised and broken wrists as I remember. The staff have been very creative with hair styles recently. The twin girls have Read Full Article
August 2023
We are back to work two weeks now and it seems a long time from we were in the UK. We enjoyed our time with our son Craig, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren in Scotland, then catching up in Belfast with our other son Adam (who happened to be there for a few days before he headed Read Full Article
July 2023
So, the excitement of Mark and I going to NI has rubbed off on the staff. Only one staff member has ever been on an aeroplane so of course I get the questions, can you open the windows, how does the aeroplane stay up in the air? Some questions I can answer, some I cannot. Read Full Article
June 2023
As the UK and the West is starting to warm up, we are starting to get rain and with it a short period of cooler, fresher weather. I mean short as we get about half an hour after the rain until it dries up! Its also a time for us when humidity is unbearable at Read Full Article
May 2023
I know Cambodia surprises me every day, but I did laugh out loud at this one. A lady on the local bus (same size as single-deckers back home) was sitting at the window with a crash helmet on! What did she know that everyone else didn’t? Two of our children live in a house near Read Full Article
April 2023
The Khmer people especially those who live in poverty are so good at reusing materials. I recently saw an older lady who cannot walk possibly caused by a stroke. Her family made a metal frame and put wheels on the bottom, got a red plastic patio chair and suspended it in the middle of the Read Full Article
March 2023
I am starting this month’s newsletter talking about dogs. There are dogs in Cambodia that are wild dogs and there are those who wish they were. This morning driving into work I saw a dog sitting outside the house with a coat on (it was 28 degrees at 7.30am) and a nappy!!!! Poor dog, firstly Read Full Article
February 2023
JANUARY 2023 when did that happen? It was a busy month no easing in quietly for us. The children enjoyed their Christmas break but were keen to get back so was like a rugby scrum watching them all trying to squeeze through the doors. They are all eating 2-3 bowls of lunch each day, which Read Full Article
January 2023
By the time you get this Christmas will be a distant memory, it is still very strange for us to see people going to work and all the shops being open, just an ordinary day and yet for us, one of the most important days of the year. We spent Christmas eve having Christmas dinner Read Full Article
December 2022
We have have been extremely busy taking on new children and getting them settled into day care. Last month we graduated 7 children and we have been replacing them with new children over this month, the majority of which are boys this time. We are now back at capacity again, it doesn’t take long for Read Full Article
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