18/11/2025
🌧️ ☀️ Yesterday was a day full of lows and highs. Pretty much went straight from chemo (that almost didn’t happen due to dodgy bloods), to music bingo. Thankfully, very doable though as I don’t usually crash until middle of day two and both the hospital and pub are in High Wycombe.
🎵 Bingo was fabulous, the ‘Name’ themed round worked a treat. I had a really fun-loving table near me, all work colleagues who originally came in just for a quick drink after work. Fran then managed to persuade them to stay on for bingo. The energy and good vibes they bought to the night were incredible, they ended up being the last table to leave. Meg, if you’re reading this please message me your number and I’ll send you over the videos I took. The copyright police don’t always like it when I put them on here! And thank you so much for the lovely positive feedback you and your friends gave me on the night, yes I heard them all because I was so close. I was so lucky having you all sat by me on the night, it was just the ‘pick me up’ I needed. It’s nights like this that give me the motivation to keep fighting. Goodness knows what my oncologist would think if she randomly came in to pub and saw me front of house, singing and dancing along to ‘Living Next Door to Alice’, whilst drinking a glass of wine! 😂
👏 Congrats to all of our lucky winners last night. Julie won the big jackpot prize of £200 on the second game and George (who had a night off from the bar had a big win too).
🎄🎅 I look forward to seeing anyone who has successfully booked in for our Xmas Themed Music Bingos on either 1st or 15th December. I think all the tables have sold out now, so well done to you early turtle doves who’ve already secured a table. As always, they’ll be terrific fun, Fran and her team go full out on these nights, adding lots of extra festive surprises and prizes into the mix. The pub looks fabulous too, I was stood next to Santa’s grotto last night and it’s so cool. Make sure to dig out that Christmas sweater!