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The adventures and life of a Specialist Nurse in Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. If you then double and triple this by having a primary school age child AND being married to another Nurse then you have double the trouble….aehm I mean fun. Hobbies are playing chess, board games and being taxi for our son!!!

Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this blog are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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  • A Medically Questionable Bank Holiday with a Tennis Racket

    Disclaimer No children, tonsils, cricket balls, tennis balls, Lost Ruins of Arnak components, Somerset cricket fans, or Nando’s peri-peri sauces were permanently harmed in the making of this blog. Some parental nerves were lightly grilled. This is considered normal. After the previous day’s cricket adventure for Ilton — because obviously the ideal preparation for a… Read more

  • From Tonsils to Top-of-the-Table Cricket: An Ilton Away Day in Beaminster

    Disclaimer This blog contains family sport, parental confusion, cricket terminology used with varying degrees of confidence, and a German attempting to understand overs, wickets, deductions and why there were no sandwiches. No professional cricket analysts were harmed in the making of this article, although several may need a lie down after reading my scoring explanation.… Read more

  • Ilton Cricket Club Chronicles: When Parents Get Drafted

    Disclaimer No clinical advice here—just observational chaos from the sidelines. All sporting interpretations are based on limited understanding, mild enthusiasm, and a German attempting to decode cricket. Some terminology may be wildly inaccurate, but delivered with confidence nonetheless. This week’s episode of “Sports I Didn’t Expect to Be Participating In” took place at the esteemed… Read more

  • The Week Cricket Started by Not Starting

    Disclaimer This blog reflects personal views and experiences only and does not represent the views of my employer, colleagues or any professional body. Any clinical references are shared in a general, non-identifiable way and not as professional advice. Some details of clinical situations have been intentionally altered to preserve patient anonymity in accordance with NMC… Read more

  • Another Sport? Apparently We’re Doing Cricket No

    Disclaimer This blog reflects personal views only and is written for general interest, mild amusement, and the documentation of one family’s increasingly unmanageable sporting logistics. It does not constitute coaching advice, selection policy, or an official statement from any tennis parent committee, cricket club, school WhatsApp group, or small governing body hiding behind an app.… Read more

  • When a Quiet Weekend Turns Into Cricket Mayhem

    Disclaimer:No cricket stumps were harmed in the making of this blog. Any technical inaccuracies about the rules of cricket are entirely the fault of the author’s nationality and complete bewilderment at the concept of “overs,” “wickets,” and why everyone claps politely when someone gets out. Please direct any corrections to the ECB or possibly Legoland.… Read more