08-20-2017, 07:48 PM
Bonsoir. 
Sorry chaps. Had a very busy few months. Not on hols and wont be having one for a while. Sent Yaz and the kids to New York so they could get a break but I stayed here.
Brief timeline ...
Sep '16 - Mum diagnose with cancer. Two ops and months of radiotherapy and she is hopefully clear.
Jan '17 - My Dad diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour. He was given 9 to 14 months max if all went well.
Mar - Dad had eight hours of awake brain surgery. 90% of tumour gone. Gave us all false hope.
Apr - Dad suffered from temperal seizures. Stopped him eating and meant he couldn't have radio/ chemo.
May to July - Dad in Christies as inpatient. He hated it.
Jul - Dad transferred to Salford Royal to try and control seizures and then hopefully get him home for a while.
We lost dad on 24th July. We never did manage to get him home.
Whilst Dad was well enough I sorted out everything he wanted to be done. One important decision was that we started the company together and we would finish it together.
I've sold most of the machinery and put the building up for sale. Have a few more bits to sell which I'll try and sort at weekends.
To keep me busy I got a new job which I started on 1st August. I'm now out visiting bike dealers selling push bikes into a companies existing dealer network. The company is Tandem Group PLC and they manufacture Dawes, Claud Butler, British Eagle and Squish lightweight kids bikes. The company have taken a bit of a risk with me as I'm not from the bike industry, but for me its a good laugh and has got me into an industry I'm really interested in. I had a few job offers in packaging industry, and was asked to keep the company going, but fancied a change and also fancied working for someone else for a while.
So, its been a torrid few months for us!
Sorry chaps. Had a very busy few months. Not on hols and wont be having one for a while. Sent Yaz and the kids to New York so they could get a break but I stayed here.
Brief timeline ...
Sep '16 - Mum diagnose with cancer. Two ops and months of radiotherapy and she is hopefully clear.
Jan '17 - My Dad diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour. He was given 9 to 14 months max if all went well.
Mar - Dad had eight hours of awake brain surgery. 90% of tumour gone. Gave us all false hope.
Apr - Dad suffered from temperal seizures. Stopped him eating and meant he couldn't have radio/ chemo.
May to July - Dad in Christies as inpatient. He hated it.
Jul - Dad transferred to Salford Royal to try and control seizures and then hopefully get him home for a while.
We lost dad on 24th July. We never did manage to get him home.
Whilst Dad was well enough I sorted out everything he wanted to be done. One important decision was that we started the company together and we would finish it together.
I've sold most of the machinery and put the building up for sale. Have a few more bits to sell which I'll try and sort at weekends.
To keep me busy I got a new job which I started on 1st August. I'm now out visiting bike dealers selling push bikes into a companies existing dealer network. The company is Tandem Group PLC and they manufacture Dawes, Claud Butler, British Eagle and Squish lightweight kids bikes. The company have taken a bit of a risk with me as I'm not from the bike industry, but for me its a good laugh and has got me into an industry I'm really interested in. I had a few job offers in packaging industry, and was asked to keep the company going, but fancied a change and also fancied working for someone else for a while.
So, its been a torrid few months for us!
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