30/04/2026
Hello Everybody! Sorry about the lack of posts these past few weeks but it’s not been anything bad, I’ve just had my 3 week break from chemo to rest and recuperate before cycle 3 starts next week.
Something exciting has happened which was a fantastic five day respite break at the beautiful ripple retreat just outside Callander! It was a beautiful home located on the edge of Loch Venachar where our luxury surroundings matched the luxury of the retreat and it has been the best thing that we could’ve asked for at this moment in time and gives us a refreshed mindset and determination for the next steps of my treatment.
It's good 2 give are the fantastic charity behind this amazing retreat and what they have given in memories and gifts will live in all our memories for a very long time and we hope we can visit again in the not so distant future, we had five days where we could have a ‘normal’ family holiday and much needed time together laughing, having fun and enjoying each others company without having to think about anything medical in all of our activities.
During one of these activities, we went alpaca walking, at first I was a bit nervous and didn’t want to do it, until I got matched up with an alpaca appropriately called bear. He had very fluffy brown fur and was quite small, the other alpacas that we chose were ted, a big white alpaca that seemed to be glued to bear and loved the grass and Hugo, which was the pack leader and caused my dad little to no problems, we had a great time and many laughs, especially about them stopping every two seconds for grass.
We also did Blair Drummond Safari Park, me and my dad visited the Toy museum and a lot of time was spent in the lovely town of Callander.
Thank you if you have managed to read until the end of this long post and your continued support and love along with the last five days at the retreat had put me and my family in a good mindset for this upcoming cycle and keep me and my family in your thoughts,
Love,
Alfie 💙 🩶
Alana Good
Ross Good
