Holistic Hideaway

28/03/2026

The Friday walk set off from The Canadian War Memorial. At first I didn't think I'd find much to photograph, it was grey and a bit damp, but as you have probably noticed, I love the unusual and soon started honing in on mosses, new growth and interesting roots 😁 And some ponies that wandered by 😃
Have a fabulous weekend, and I hope you get a chance for some time surrounded by nature 😊 Jan x

25/03/2026

Some good news 😃

The Integrated Medicine Alliance (IMA) which operates under the wing of College of Medicine recently commissioned a new survey to assess how sentiment and the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs) amongst UK adults is changing. The IMA findings reflect a clear and encouraging shift - CAMs are now mainstream, with 43% of adults using them. 🙌

The survey shows that millennials (currently between 30 and 45 years old) are the most interested in alternative treatments, with 83% saying that CAMs have helped them. Massage is the most popular treatment, with more than a quarter of people having tried it (27%), followed by herbal medicine (19%), aromatherapy (14%), and acupuncture (13%).

Dr Naveed Akhtar, chairman of the Integrated Medicine Alliance says, ‘Complementary therapies are already helping large numbers of people and easing pressure on the NHS. When an approach delivers genuine benefit, meets patient needs and conserves public resources, the question is no longer whether it belongs, but how we organise healthcare around what genuinely helps patients.’

College of Medicine


The FHT is a supporting organisation of the IMA.

24/03/2026

Sweet Charity Choir part 3...
A full day of recording. Tiring, but fuelled by caffeine we kept going, until the coffee machine told us off 🤣

24/03/2026

Sweet Charity Choir retreat part 2...
Saturday morning, I got my walk, and my dose of nature before we headed in to rehearse all day. A really pretty place 😍

24/03/2026

Instead of my Friday walk, I headed up to De Vere Latimer Estate in Chesham, with about 160 other lovely people, for the Sweet Charity Choir retreat. We rehearsed all day Saturday, then with an amazing sound engineer and band, we recorded an album 😁
I met lots of new people, and had a fabulous time. More photos to follow 😁 Jan

15/03/2026

14/03/2026

The Friday walk was at Denny Wood. It was a lovely walk, not much to photograph though, a glimpse of the sun trying to break through the cloud and a stick of lichen 🤣 It didn't rain until we got back again 😀

12/03/2026

Yesterday I had a late lunch and went on a mini adventure to Hartwood House Care Home 😊
Louis Alexander the Explorer and Guiness World Record holder was giving an inspirational talk. If you haven't heard of him, look him up.
Lovely to see Nancy with the Smiling Face, Alice and Charlotte.
Thank you for inviting me 😊. Jan x

07/03/2026

I'm sure I'm being watched 👀 🤣
This cutie paid me a visit and was obviously very interested in what I was doing 🤣

06/03/2026

This week the Friday walk was from Brock Hill car park, around some of the beautiful, majestic trees of the Arboretum. A tad overcast, but the rain waited until we got back 😀

27/02/2026

It was a damp start to my Friday walk, mist and drizzle, but that didn't dampen my mood 😀
I met up with a friend who had moved to Cornwall a few years ago. She was back for a few days and we managed to find a slot in her agenda which coincided with my usual morning walk.
As we walked the sun gradually made a brief appearance. Oh and I still spotted a few fungi 😁
I hope you have a fabulous weekend everyone, and get outside if you can, even when the weather is dull, there is still a lot to enjoy 😉