Snowy January?

The snow in December got us all by surprise, especially older people who find it even more difficult to venture out in icy conditions.

Here are a few tips to help you to go safely through another snowy period.

• Keep your freezer well stocked or have a few tins of soup, broth or chicken stew in your cupboards. Should you be stuck at home for a few days (and this can happen to all of us!), these will come handy.

• Get yourself a plastic bottle of milk and a sliced loaf of bread and freeze them. You might not believe it but defrosted milk or bread tastes as good as fresh. If you haven’t got a freezer and don’t mind the taste, get a couple of UHT milk cartons at hand. For the bread, you can buy some of those ‘half cooked’ baguettes that will keep for a month and put them in the oven for 10 minutes when needed. That and half a dozen eggs will keep you stocked for a week!

• Keep warm, drink plenty of hot tea or coffee and make sure you have a hot meal every day.

• If you really, really have to get out, don’t go alone! If you do and you have an alarm button, wear it at all times! Unless your garden is a park, you should be within the range of the system. If you did not prepare and are stuck, ring my team and we should be able to help you with a bit of emergency shopping! For this or any information about services that could help, ring 01903 528 627.

Luc Harvengt


For further information on Guild Care services, support and activities, go to: www.guildcare.org

Weather permitting, why not try our Tai chi for the over 60s?
Every Friday from 2pm to 3pm - Broadwater Parish Room (opposite the Green)

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